Ecocide in the USSR: health and nature under siegeThe authors supply the first authoritative measure of the costs of the impending Soviet health situation and its political consequences, as they tell a grim tale of a failed medical system, poisoned cities, land left unfit for agriculture, and a people too weak to meet the nation's industrial and military needs. |
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Contents
Birth of the Future | 27 |
Harvests of Neglect | 49 |
A Sea of Troubles | 73 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Ecocide in the USSR: health and nature under siege Armenian Research Center collection |
| Authors | Murray Feshbach, Alfred Friendly |
| Contributor | Alfred Friendly |
| Publisher | BasicBooks, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0465016642, 9780465016648 |
| Length | 376 pages |
| Subjects | › Environmental health Health & Fitness / Safety Health risk assessment Human ecology Medical / Public Health Political Science / General |
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