Chapter 43 - Air and water pollution: Burden and strategies for control.

Journal: 
Disease control priorities in developing countries, 2nd edition. World Bank book. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 817-832
ClimateChip Authors: 
Year: 
2006
Abstract: 
Environmental pollution has many facets, and the resultant health risks include diseases in almost all organ systems. Thus, a chapter on air and water pollution control links with chapters on, for instance, diarrheal diseases (chapter 19), respiratory diseases in children and adults (chapters 25 and 35), cancers (chapter 29), neurological disorders (chapter 32), and cardiovascular disease (chapter 33), as well as with a number of chapters dealing with health care issues.......
Authors: 
Kjellstrom, T., Lodh, M., McMichael, T., Ranmuthugala, G., Shrestha, R. and Kingsland, S. In: Measham A., et al.