The geography of health
Subtitle: an essay and a bibliography
By: Rais Akhtar ; assisted by Nilofar Izhar.
Contributors: Izhar, Nilofar
Publisher: Marwah Publications
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Environmental Health -- bibliography; Environmental health -- Bibliography; Epidemiology -- Bibliography; Epidemiology -- bibliography; Health Services Accessibility -- bibliography; Medical geography -- Bibliography; Socioeconomic Factors -- bibliography
Notes: Approximately 1800 references "on the relationship between the incidence of disease and the various aspects of environment--both physical and human, the latter including socio-economic and cultural conditions." Mostly English-language serial and monographic literature, but also includes German, Russian, and Spanish sources.  Covers fields of epidemiology, nutrition, environmental sciences, geography, social sciences, and health planning.  Arranged according to 8 sections, e.g., Soil and disease; Climatic factors and disease.  Each entry gives bibliographical information.  Geographical index.