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The Geography of Disease: How Location and Culture Influence Health in Today's World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781440875595)
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Jing Luo
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xDiscover the field of health geography, which seeks to better understand the causes, spread, and mitigation of disease through the study of geographic factors.
The Geography of Disease opens with an introduction that explains what medical geography is and why geography can be an important factor in studying health. The book is organized into five main sections: Ecology and Disease, Population Health and Well-Being, Social Determinants of and Policy Impacts on Health, Globalization and Public Health, and Spatial Technology and Public Health. Each section begins with a broad overview of the topic, followed by a series of relevant essays. Essays focus on specific examples that bring the book's core concepts to life. Sidebars augment the main text, providing additional, high-interest content.Author: Jing Luo
ISBN-10: 1440875596
ISBN-13: 9781440875595
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 01/08/2026
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.12w x 1.00d
By Jing Luo
xJing Luo is Professor of French and Chinese and Director of the Chinese Program at Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania, USA. His research areas include urban studies, China's economic and political transition, and linguistics.
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