Bindning & skick: Limhäftad. 8:o År: 1976. Omfång: 299 pp : ill. ISBN: 0140218084. Språk: Engelska I KORTHET Exploring the impact of environment on disease, this book reveals the historical and current health challenges in Britain. SUCCESSIVE PERIODS HAVE experienced the rise and decline of various scourges i the British isles, from bubonic plague and smallpox to tuberculosis and influenza. Today, after the virtual conquest of infectious diseases, the mortality tables are headed by degenerative conditions like heart disease, bronchitis and cancer.This Pelican, written by a leading authority on medical geography, illustrates the effects of locality, climate, water supply, housing, diet and other factors on the incidence of disease in Britain.Hitta fler liknande böcker i dessa kategorier:Humaniora Kulturvetenskap & -historia Hitta fler liknande böcker med dessa ämnesord:epidemier sjukdomar geografi hälsa Sök fler exemplar av denna bokFler böcker av G. Melwyn Howe Använd gärna länkarna nedan för att hitta liknande böcker. Författare: Howe, G. Melwyn Titel: Man, environment and disease in Britain Undertitel: A medical geography of Britain through the agesFörlag: Penguin BooksK. Genre: Kulturvetenskap : Kulturgeografi Artikelnr: 7275
