Geographies of health : an introduction /
This second edition highlights the ways in which health may be studied from geographical perspectives, setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with social and physical environments.
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Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. I. Describing and Explaining Health in Geographical Settings
- Ch. 1. Introducing Geographies of Health
- Ch. 2. Explaining Geographies of Health
- Ch. 3. Method and Technique in the Geography of Health
- pt. II. Health and the Social Environment
- Ch. 4. Inequalities in Health Outcomes
- Ch. 5. Inequalities in the Provision and Utilization of Health Services
- Ch. 6. People on the Move: Migration and Health
- pt. III. Health and Human Modification of the Environment
- Ch. 7. Air Quality and Health
- Ch. 8. Water Quality and Health
- Ch. 9. Health Impacts of Global Environmental Change
- Ch. 10. Conclusions: Emerging Themes in Geographies of Health
- App. Web-based Resources for the Geographies of Health.