Choked : life and breath in the age of air pollution / Beth Gardiner.
Choked : life and breath in the age of air pollution / Beth Gardiner.
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
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G 2019/2435
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Language
English
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Physical content
290 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue. Inhale: the meaning of a breath -- Holding our breath. The measure of a lung: charting pollution's power ; Ground zero: Delhi's health emergency ; 9,416: living London's diesel disaster ; Air you can chew : Poland and the price of coal ; Cows, almonds, asthma: crisis in the San Joaquin Val...
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"Air pollution prematurely kills seven million people every year, including more than one hundred thousand Americans. It is strongly linked to strokes, heart attacks, many kinds of cancer, dementia, and premature birth, among other ailments. In Choked, Beth Gardiner travels the world to tell the story of this modern-day plague, taking readers from...
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Choked : life and breath in the age of air pollution / Beth Gardiner.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/2435
Record Identifier
74VKVxpo2bxZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxpo2bxZ
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ISBN
9780226495859 hardcover ; alkaline paper
022649585X hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
615.902
MMS ID
991024244716602626
