| Environmental Health Engineering in the Tropics: Water, Sanitation and Disease Control Third Edition Contributor(s): Cairncross, Sandy (Author), Feachem, Sir Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 184407191X ISBN-13: 9781844071913 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2018 Annotation: This fully updated third edition of a classic book, widely cited as the most important and useful volume for health engineering and disease prevention, describes infectious diseases in tropical and developing countries, and the measures that may be used effectively against them. The infections described include the diarrheal diseases, the common gut worms, guinea worm, schistosomiasis, malaria, bancroftian filariasis, and other mosquito borne infections. The environmental interventions that receive most attention are domestic water supplies and improved excreta disposal. Appropriate technology for these interventions, and also their impact on infectious diseases are documented in detail.This edition includes new sections on arsenic in groundwater supplies and arsenic removal technologies as well as new material in most chapters, including information on water supplies in developing countries and surface water drainage. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Infectious Diseases - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Dewey: 628.091 |
| LCCN: 2018013633 |
| Series: Earthscan Water Text |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.41 lbs) 366 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fully updated third edition of the classic text, widely cited as the most important and useful book for health engineering and disease prevention, describes infectious diseases in tropical and developing countries, and the effective measures that may be used against them. The infections described include the diarrhoeal diseases, the common gut worms, Guinea worm, schistosomiasis, malaria, Bancroftian filariasis and other mosquito-borne infections. The environmental interventions that receive most attention are domestic water supplies and improved excreta disposal. Appropriate technology for these interventions, and also their impact on infectious diseases, are documented in detail. This third edition includes new sections on arsenic in groundwater supplies and arsenic removal technologies, and new material in most chapters, including water supplies in developing countries and surface water drainage. |