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Ecosystem Crises Interactions
Human Health and the Changing Environment
Merrill Singer, PhD
Department of Anthropology Emeritus Professor University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, USA
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Names: Singer, Merrill, author.
Title: Ecosystem crises interactions : human health and the changingenvironment / Merrill Singer, PhD, Department of Anthropology, Emeritus Professor, University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, USA.
Description: First edition. | Hoboken : Wiley, 2021. | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020040393 (print) | LCCN 2020040394 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119569541 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119570028 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119570011 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Environmental health. | Human beings–Effects of environment on. | Species–Effects of environment on.
Classification: LCC RA565 .S532 2021 (print) | LCC RA565 (ebook) | DDC 613/.1–dc23
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