Environmental Deterioration and Human Health Natural and anthropogenic determinants /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Malik, Abdul (Editor), Grohmann, Elisabeth (Editor), Akhtar, Rais (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Environment.; Agriculture.; Environmental health.; Water pollution.; Environmental Health.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
• Physical Description: XV, 421 p. 45 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789400778900

This book discusses the natural and anthropogenic determinants of the environment and their impact on human health. It  throws light on the perspectives of climate change with case studies from Australia, India, Italy, and Latin America. Themes covered are ecology of antibiotic resistant microorganisms, pesticide and heavy metal (arsenic) problems in natural environment; molecular advances in understanding of microbial interactions; ecological studies of human/animal health and diseases; food security,  technological developments and more. The various chapters incorporate both theoretical and applied aspects and may serve as baseline information for future research through which significant development is possible.