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020 _z9781844075324 (hardback)
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050 1 4 _aRA566
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245 0 0 _aHuman health and forests
_h[electronic resource] :
_ba global overview of issues, practice, and policy /
_cedited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer.
260 _aLondon ;
_aSterling, VA :
_bEarthscan,
_c2008.
300 _axxii, 374 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
490 1 _aPeople and plants international conservation series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction / Carol J. Pierce Colfer -- Human health and forests: an overview / Colin Butler -- Health, habitats, and medicinal plant use / Anthony B. Cunningham, Patricia Shanley, and Sarah Laird -- The nutritional role of forest plant foods for rural communities / Barbara Vinceti, Pablo Eyzaguirre, and Tim Johns -- Wood, the fuel that warms you thrice / Kirk Smith -- Forest women, health, and childbearing / Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Richard G. Dudley, and Robert Gardner -- The gender agenda and tropical forest diseases / Pascale Allotey, Margaret Gyapong, and Carol J. Pierce Colfer -- Bat-borne viral diseases / Jean Paul Gonzalez ... [et al.] -- Deforestation and malaria: revisiting the human ecology perspective / Subhrendu K. Pattanayak and Junko Yasuoka -- The subversive links between HIV/AIDS and the forest sector / Pascal Lopez -- Forest disturbance and health risks to the Yanomami / Gale Goodwin Gómez -- Biodiversity, environment, and health among rainforest dwellers: an evolutionary perspective / Alain Froment -- Sociocultural dimensions of diet and health in forest dwellers' systems / Edmond Dounias, with Carol J. Pierce Colfer -- National public health initiatives that integrate traditional medicine / Cynthia Fowler -- Approaching conservation through health / Robbie Ali -- Hidden suffering on the island of Siberut, West Sumatra / Gerard A. Persoon -- Conclusions and ways forward / Carol J. Pierce Colfer.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2009.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEnvironmental health.
_928931
650 0 _aForests and forestry
_xHealth aspects.
_9166149
650 0 _aForest policy
_xHealth aspects.
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655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aColfer, Carol J. Pierce.
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710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
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830 0 _aPeople and Plants International conservation series.
_9166152
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10237019
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
999 _c120966
_d94932