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Population Health As a Primary Criterion of Sustainability

Author: Anthony J. McMichael

Published in: EcoHealth | Issue 3/2006

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The central, though under-recognized, reason why sustainability is of crucial importance to humanity is because ongoing trends in environmental conditions, at regional and global levels, now jeopardize nature’s life-support systems. This has great implications for human well-being and health—and for the rest of the biosphere (McMichael, 2001). …

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Title: Population Health As a Primary Criterion of Sustainability
Author: Anthony J. McMichael
Publication date: 01-09-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: EcoHealth / Issue 3/2006
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Electronic ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0041-9

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