Megacities and global health  [electronic resource] / 
editors, Omar Khan, Gregory Pappas ; [foreword by Ida Susser]. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  American Public Health Association,  c2011. 
 - xiii, 321 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Conceptual framework : megacities and public health / Greg Pappas -- The urban ecology of megacities / David Vlahov -- Housing, crowding, migration : case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh / Omar Rahman -- Emerging infectious disease threats in megacities : case study of Brazil / Mary Wilson -- Developing health indicators for megacities : case study of the European Urban Health Indicator System (EURO-URHIS) / Arpana Verma -- Environmental and occupational hazards : case study of Karachi, Pakistan / Greg Pappas & Zafar Fatmi -- Forced displacement of African-Americans in New York City and the international diffusion of MDR-HIV / Rodrick Wallace -- Megacities and disaster preparedness / Irshad Shaikh & Greg Pappas -- Tackling health issues in a megacity : case study from London / Neil Blackshaw -- Emergency response : case study of NYC / Linda Landesman -- Suburbs of megacities : case study of Los Angeles / Dennis Andrulis, Najia Siddiqui -- Public health impacts of megacities and primary care responses / Omar Khan, Tom Peterson. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780875532608 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban health.<br/>World health.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA566.7  / .M44 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.1/042