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This Companion provides a comprehensive account of health and medical geography and approaches the major themes and key topics from a variety of angles.Offers a unique breadth of topics relating to both health and medical geographyIncludes contributions from a range of scholars from rising stars to established, internationally renowned authorsProvides an up-to-date review of the state of the sub-disciplineThematically organized sections offer detailed accounts of specific issues and combine gene

First Author: Brown, Tim; McLafferty, Sara L.; Moon, Graham

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Bibliographic Information

Type: Book Chapter

Book Title: A Companion to Health and Medical Geography (2009)

Page Reference: 587-603

ISBN: 9781405170031