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Water and Sanitation-Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions, and Preventive Measures
Contributor(s): Selendy, Janine M. H. (Editor)
ISBN: 1118148592     ISBN-13: 9781118148594
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $156.70  
Product Type: Other - Other Formats
Published: October 2011
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Life Sciences - Microbiology
- Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental)
Dewey: 363.739
LCCN: 2010039502
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.91" W x 9.84"
 
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Publisher Description:
Written by authorities from various related specialties, this book presents the most complete treatment possible of the conditions responsible for water- and sanitation-related diseases, the pathogens and their biology, morbidity and mortality resulting from lack of safe water and sanitation, distribution of these diseases, and the conditions that must be met to reduce or eradicate them. Preventive measures and solutions are presented throughout. This book is an essential resource for all graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and professionals in infectious disease, public health and medicine, chemical and environmental engineering, and international affairs.

Key features:

  • Provides a comprehensive understanding of the interconnection among many factors related to water-related diseases, sanitation and hygiene
  • Brings together experts from various specialties to address each area covered and to assist in bringing about the understanding of those interconnections
  • Provides examples of successful interventions with knowledge about how they were brought about so that information can be use to replicate the initiative in full or in part
  • Provides an appreciation of the concerns and solutions addressed from an international perspective with high and low technological solutions
  • Provides insight into the international dimension of these concerns and how they can be best addressed
  • Four hours of accompanying multimedia DVD on two discs
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