Environmental Deterioration and Human Health: Natural and anthropogenic determinants

Environmental Deterioration and Human Health: Natural and anthropogenic determinants
ISBN-10
9400778899
ISBN-13
9789400778894
Category
Medical
Pages
421
Language
English
Published
2013-12-27
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Rais Akhtar, Abdul Malik, Elisabeth Grohmann

Description

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.

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