Seven Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Walters, Mark Jerome (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Health promotion.; Environmental pollution.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Biomedicine general.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Every time we sneeze, there seems to be a new form of flu: bird flu, swine flu, Spanish flu, Hong Kong flu, H5N1, and most recently, H5N7. While these diseases appear to emerge from thin air, in fact, human activity is driving them. And the problem is not just flu, but a series of rapidly evolving a...