Globalization and Health
- ISBN-10
- 019517299X
- ISBN-13
- 9780195172997
- Series
- Globalization and Health
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 340
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- Ichirō Kawachi, Sarah P. Wamala, Sarah Wamala
Description
'Globalization and Health' offers analysis of serious global threats to health, the tools that can be used to evaluate these, and the agencies established to respond to them. This work gives an account of the successes and failures, as well as the challenges and opportunities of globalisation for public health.
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- 2010-11-20
- 202 pages
- Paperback
- Springer
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