Seven Modern Plagues : and How We Are Causing Them /

Seven Modern Plagues : and How We Are Causing Them /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Walters, Mark Jerome. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Materias:
Environmental pollution.
Medicine.
Health promotion.
Terrestrial Pollution.
Biomedicine, general.
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Dark Side of Progress: Mad Cow Disease
  • 2. A Chimp Called Amandine: HIV/AIDS
  • 3. The Travels of Antibiotic Resistance: Salmonella DT104 53
  • 4. Of Old Growth and Arthritis: Lyme Disease
  • 5. A Spring to Die For: Hantavirus
  • 6. A Virus from the Nile
  • 7. Birds, Pigs, and People: The Rise of Pandemic Flus
  • Epilogue: MERS-CoV and Beyond
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

Ejemplares similares