| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 407 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Annotation Conservation medicine is an emerging discipline, focussing on the intersection of ecosystem health, animal health, and human health. Work in the biomedical and veterinary sciences is now being folded into conservation biology; to explore the connections between animal and human health; tracethe environmental sources of pathogens and pollutants; develop an understanding of the ecological causes of changes in human and animal health; and understand the consequences of diseases to populations and ecological communities. Conservation Medicine defines this new discipline. It examinesecological health issues from various standpoints, including the emergence and resurgence of infectious disease agents; the increasing impacts of toxic chemicals and hazardous substances; and the health implications of habitat fragmentation and degradation and loss of biodiversity. It will provide aframework to examine the connections between the health of the planet and the health of all species and challenge practitioners and students in the health sciences and natural sciences to think about new, collaborative ways to address ecological health concerns. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Contents; Contributors; I. Ecological Health and Change; II. Monitoring Ecological Health; III. Ecological Health and Humans; IV. Implementing Conservation Medicine; V. Conservation Medicine and Challenges for the Future; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental health.
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Environmental health. |
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Ecology.
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Ecology. |
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Environmental Health. |
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Conservation of Natural Resources. |
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Ecology. |
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Environmental Medicine. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Aguirre, A. Alonso.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Conservation medicine. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 0195150937 9780195150933 (DLC) 2001036851 (OCoLC)47705894 |
| ISBN |
9780195348620 (electronic book) |
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0195348621 (electronic book) |
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128083756X |
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9781280837562 |
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0195150937 |
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9780195150933 |
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