Critical Condition: Human Health and the Environment

by Eric Chivian and Physicians for Social Responsibility (U S )

Book Overview

American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Medical Book Award, 1993. For the first time in human history we are altering the basic physiology of the planet, yet until now there has been no single source that summarizes the medical consequences of this environmental crisis for human beings. Critical Condition provides a comprehensive, easy-to-follow review of this most critical and yet most neglected subject in the environmental debate. It brings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262032120
• ISBN13: 9780262032124
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

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