Broschiertes Buch

Planetary Health

Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves

Herausgeber: Myers, Samuel

Beschreibung

An up-to-date, readable introduction to the emerging field of planetary health, a fundamental pillar of biomedical and environmental sciences.

Autor

Samuel Myers, MD, MPH is a Principal Research Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and founding Director of the Planetary Health Alliance. Dr. Myers served as a Commissioner on the Lancet-Rockefeller Foundation Commission on Planetary Health. He was the inaugural recipient of the Arrell Global Food Innovation Award in 2018 for research quantifying the impacts of environmental change on human nutrition. He has also been awarded the Prince Albert II of Monaco--Institut Pasteur Award for research at the interface of global environmental change and human health. Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH is emeritus professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington School of Public Health, where he was Dean from 2010-2016. He was previously head of Our Planet, Our Health at the Wellcome Trust and director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His other books include Environmental Health: From Global to Local (3rd edition, 2016) and Making Healthy Places: Designing and Building for Health, Well-being, and Sustainability (2011).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Island Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 178mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1112g
• ISBN-13: 9781610919661
• ISBN-10: 1610919661
• Artikelnr.: 60039272