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Infectious diseases : a geographical analysis : emergence and re-emergence / by A. D. Cliff ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
- Oxford geographical and environmental studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicable diseases.
- Epidemiology.
- Medical geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (800 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The last four decades of human history have seen the emergence of an unprecedented number of 'new' infectious diseases. This book looks at the epidemiological and geographical conditions which underpin disease emergence, and provides a world geography of emerging diseases from antiquity to the present day.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Figures; List of Plates; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Part I: Early Disease Emergence: Pre-1850; Part II: Processes of Disease Emergence: 1850-2006; Part III: The Future for Emergent Disease Control; References; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-191750-8
- 1-282-34672-5
- 9786612346729
- 0-19-155405-7
- OCLC:
- 536230990
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