Environment and Health in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
Rais Akhtar, "Environment and Health in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh"
English | ISBN: 1032346310 | 2023 | 270 pages | EPUB, PDF | 7 MB + 12 MB
English | ISBN: 1032346310 | 2023 | 270 pages | EPUB, PDF | 7 MB + 12 MB
This engaging book presents an insightful look into the contributing factors that have shaped the modern public health system in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Reflecting on the historical, socio-economic, and contemporary scenario of environment and public health, this book presents chapters that discuss the role of spatial patterns of diseases, health-risk patterns, contributions of medical missionaries in health services in Kashmir, changing disease ecology of Leh, and traditional medical therapy in Ladakh, among others.
This book also examines the cholera ecology in Kashmir during the 19th century, and the significance of Kangri ・ a portable traditional heat source ・ in cultural studies, economics, and cancer research. It investigates the role of traditional knowledge in the medical therapy of rural areas of Ladakh and the impact of urbanization on the quality of human health in Srinagar City. Besides, this book examines iodine deficiency disorders and the extension of vector-borne diseases. The essays also probe into the rising mental health concerns in post-pandemic Kashmir.
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