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Megacities & global health
Title
Megacities & global health / editors, Omar A. Khan, Gregory Pappas.
ISBN
9780875530031 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0875530036 (alk. paper)
Published
Washington, DC : American Public Health Association, c2011.
Physical Description
xii, 321 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Variant and related titles
Megacities and global health
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 29, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Conceptual framework : megacities and public health / Greg Pappas
The urban ecology of megacities / David Vlahov
Housing, crowding, migration : case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh / Omar Rahman
Emerging infectious disease threats in megacities : case study of Brazil / Mary Wilson
Developing health indicators for megacities : case study of the European Urban Health Indicator System (EURO-URHIS) / Arpana Verma
Environmental and occupational hazards : case study of Karachi, Pakistan / Greg Pappas & Zafar Fatmi
Forced displacement of African-Americans in New York City and the international diffusion of MDR-HIV / Rodrick Wallace
Megacities and disaster preparedness / Irshad Shaikh & Greg Pappas
Tackling health issues in a megacity : case study from London / Neil Blackshaw
Emergency response : case study of NYC / Linda Landesman
Suburbs of megacities : case study of Los Angeles / Dennis Andrulis, Najia Siddiqui
Public health impacts of megacities and primary care responses / Omar Khan, Tom Peterson.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Urban Health.
Cities.
World Health.
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