Malaria in South Asia Eradication and Resurgence During the Second Half of the Twentieth Century /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Akhtar, Rais (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Dutt, Ashok K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wadhwa, Vandana (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Σειρά: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, 1
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Public health.; Physical geography.; Environmental health.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Public Health.; Environmental Health.; Physical Geography.

This highly topical book provides an in-depth account of the South Asian experience with the deadly disease that has held this region hostage for millennia. The book touches specifically on the resurgence of malaria experienced in the second half of the twentieth century, which occurred just a few y...

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