Ecology of increasing disease, population growth, and environmental degradation.
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1998Author
Pimental, D
Tort, M
D’Anna, L
Krawic, A
Berger, J
Rossman, J
Mugo, F
Doon, N
Shriberg, M
Howard, E
Lee, S
Talbot, J.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and other organizations report that the prevalence of human diseases during the past decade is rapidly increasing. Population growth and the pollution of water, air, and soil are contributing to the increasing number of human diseases worldwide. Currently an estimated 40% of world deaths are due to environmental degradation. The ecology of increasing diseases has complex factors of environmental degradation, population growth, and the current malnutrition of about 3.7 billion people in the world
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Bioscience Vol. 48 No. 10Publisher
Urban and regional planning, University of Nairobi