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Infectious fear
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Samuel Roberts |
For most of the first half of the twentieth century, tuberculosis ranked among the top three causes of mortality among urban African Americans. Often afflicting an entire family or large segments of … |
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Healthy Cities and Urban Policy Research
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Takehito Takano |
Half the world's population lives in Urban areas. The United Nations estimates that the urban population of 1995 will have doubled by 2025. By 2015, it is expected that there will be 33 megacities, 2… |
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The public health effects of food deserts
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Paula Whitacre |
"On January 26-27, 2009, workshop speakers provided presentations on how to measure and understand the extent of food deserts, their impact on individual behaviors and health outcomes in various popu… |
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Air quality in urban environments
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R. E. Hester,Roy M. Harrison |
This comprehensive volume deals with the basic science of urban air pollution in relation to the sources and concentrations, and the atmospheric chemical and physical processes which determine those … |
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COMMUNITY RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: STUDIES IN SCIENCE, ADVOCACY AND ETHICS; ED. BY DOUG BR…
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H. Patricia Hynes,Doug Brugge |
xiii, 277 p. : 23 cm |
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The boiled frog syndrome
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Saunders, Thomas |
The last century saw a dramatic increase in urban-related illnesses. Poor office design, glaring lights and bad ventilation, gave rise to the condition "Sick Building Syndrome", and heavily polluted,… |
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