Pandemonium; Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease, and Other Biological Plagues of the 21st Century
by Nikiforuk, Andrew
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- ISBN 10
- 0670045195
- ISBN 13
- 9780670045198
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About This Item
Toronto: Viking Canada 978-0-67004519-8 [978-0-67004519-8] 2006, 1st printing. (Hardcover) 304pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. Maps, diagrams, bibliography, index. "A distinguished nineteenth-century pathologist once lamented that humanity's greatest curse was that 'it can learn to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation. In Pandemonium, renowned author Andrew Nikiforuk argues that the breaking point is imminent as our health and habitat are threatened by biological invaders moving at unprecedented speed. Avian flu and its potential to cause a human pandemic is only one example of a worldwide menace unwittingly unleashed by the forces of globalization". Book about Bird Flu & Mad Cow Disease. Time Period 21st Century. (Medicine, Biology, Health, Influenza, Medicine, Pandemics, Pathology, Plague).
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-289) and index
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152875
- Title
- Pandemonium; Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease, and Other Biological Plagues of the 21st Century
- Author
- Nikiforuk, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670045195
- ISBN 13
- 9780670045198
- Publisher
- Viking Canada 978-0-67004519-8
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- January 9, 2008
- Keywords
- Medicine, Biology, Health, Influenza, Medicine, Pandemics, Pathology, Plague
- Bookseller catalogs
- Health and Medicine;
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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