Health : an ecosystem approach / by Jean Lebel.

Can people remain healthy in a world that is sick? Many ecological disasters can be directly traced to careless exploitation of the environment, with human beings as first perpetrator and then victim. Our health closely mirrors the health of our surroundings: this is the basis of the Ecohealth appro...

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Main Author: Lebel, Jean, 1963-
Corporate Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, ©2003.
Series:In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))
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Summary:Can people remain healthy in a world that is sick? Many ecological disasters can be directly traced to careless exploitation of the environment, with human beings as first perpetrator and then victim. Our health closely mirrors the health of our surroundings: this is the basis of the Ecohealth approach. It recognizes the inextricable links between humans and their biophysical, social, and economic environments, and that these links are reflected in the populations state of health. Reconciling an ecosystems health with the health of its human inhabitants is a new area of research, requiring i.
Item Description:Issued also in French under title: La santé, une approche écosystémique.
Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 84 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-83).
ISBN:1552501949
9781552501948
1552500128
9781552500125
1280717963
9781280717963
9786610717965
6610717966
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized