Abstract
After reading this chapter you will be able to describe the mechanisms through which human health depends on ecological systems; recognize the sources, pathways, impacts and control measures for environmentally mediated disease; discuss the contribution of human activity to climate change; and describe the processes through which climate change exacerbates health inequity.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Global Health in Context |
| Editors | Brian Nicholson, Judy McKimm, Ann K. Allen |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Sage Publications |
| Chapter | 5 |
| Pages | 65-77 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781473943056 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781446282502 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
