Inheriting the world
Subtitle: the atlas of children's health and the environment
By: Bruce Gordon, Richard Mackay and Eva Rehfuess.
Contributors: Mackay, Richard.; Rehfuess, Eva.; World Health Organization.
Publisher: World Health Organization
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Child Welfare -- statistics & numerical data -- Atlases.; Environmental Health -- statistics & numerical data -- Child -- Atlases.; Infant Mortality -- trends -- Atlases.; Mortality -- trends -- Child -- Atlases.; Environmental Pollution -- adverse effects -- Child -- Atlases.; Wounds and Injuries -- epidemiology -- Child -- Atlases.; Epidemiology -- statistics & numerical data -- Child -- Atlases.; Children -- Health and hygiene -- Maps.; Environmental health -- Maps.
Genres: Atlases.; Maps.
Other titles: Atlas of children's health and the environment
Description: More than three million children die every year due to unhealthy environments. This atlas tackles issues as diversd as the devastating and largely unknown impact of indoor air pollution, the unfashionable tragedy of sanitation, and complex emerging issues like climate change. Full-color maps and graphics demonstrate the threats that children face everywhere, and underscore the impact of poverty on children's health.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-63) and index.
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