Illness and the Environment

Illness and the Environment
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 491
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ISBN-10 : 9780814747285
ISBN-13 : 0814747280
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Book Synopsis Illness and the Environment by : J. Stephen Kroll-Smith

Download or read book Illness and the Environment written by J. Stephen Kroll-Smith and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 25 papers, academics and a few environmental scientists/ activists discuss profound social, policy, and competing paradigm issues concerning the contested environment-disease link in a "postnatural" world. Include discussion questions. Kroll-Smith is a professor of sociology at the U. of New Orleans. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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