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" The social ecology of infectious diseases / "
edited by Kenneth H. Mayer and H.F. Pizer
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BL
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652554
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The social ecology of infectious diseases /\ edited by Kenneth H. Mayer and H.F. Pizer
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1st ed
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Amsterdam ;Boston ;London :: Academic,, 2008
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xxxiii, 488 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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9780123704665 (hbk.)
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: 0123704669 (hbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: What constitutes the social ecology of infectious diseases? -- Travel -- Changing sexual mores and disease transmission -- The international drug epidemic -- Urbanization and the social ecology of emerging infectious diseases -- Suburbanization in developed nations -- The social ecology of infectious disease transmission in day-care centers -- Protecting blood safety -- Food safety in the industrialized world -- Antibiotic resistance and nosocomial infections -- Vaccines and immunization -- Infectious diseases in the context of war, civil strife and social dislocation -- Bioterrorism -- Infectious diseases associated with natural disasters -- Climate change and infectious diseases -- Governance, human rights and infectious disease: theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives -- International organizational response to infectious disease epidemics -- Principles of building the global health workforce
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Communicable diseases
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Epidemics
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Social ecology
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Communicable diseases-- Transmission
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Communicable Diseases
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Disease Outbreaks
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Social Behavior
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Social Environment
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616.9
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RA643.S67 2008
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Mayer, Kenneth H
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Pizer, Hank
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