Environment and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Managing an Emerging Crisis Selected Papers from ERTEP 2007, July 17-19 2007, Ghana, Africa /

This book aims to discuss environmental and health management and policy issues in Sub-Saharan Africa and present ways to address specific environmental problems of the people and ecosystems in general. The book contains selected refereed papers on food security, environment and health, environmenta...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Luginaah, Isaac N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Yanful, Ernest K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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