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001 2007034789
003 DLC
005 20080421180715.0
008 070821s2008 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007034789
020 $a9781844075324 (hardback)
035 $a(DNLM)101314635
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRA566$b.H86 2008
060 10 $aWA 30$bH9168 2008
082 00 $a614.4/2252$222
245 00 $aHuman health and forests :$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 0 $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.
650 0 $aEnvironmental health.
650 0 $aForests and forestry$xHealth aspects.
650 0 $aForest policy$xHealth aspects.
650 12 $aEnvironmental Health.
650 12 $aTrees.
650 22 $aBiological Products.
650 22 $aConservation of Natural Resources.
650 22 $aDeveloping Countries.
650 22 $aDisease$xetiology.
700 1 $aColfer, Carol J. Pierce.