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040			_cASM
100			_aTommy Koh _eEditor
110			_aTommy Koh
245		4	_aThe New Global Threat _bSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome and its Impacts _cTommy Koh
260			_aSingapore _bWorld Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd _c2003
300			_a327 pages _b"Illustrations, Images, Bars, Graphs, Charts" _c23 cm
520			_a"A disease that has given globalization a bad name, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), has plagued no fewer than 30 areas in recent months. In this book, for the first time, leading scientists and researchers converge to shed light on the impacts and implications of this new global threat.Collected together within the volume are more than 20 articles that discuss and examine the SARS outbreak from wide-ranging perspectives -- political, social, economic and health. The reader is given insights into how the SARS outbreak has altered public and political understanding of the threat of infectious disease in general. There are lessons for global public health that have emerged from the response to SARS, especially as they pertain to preparedness for the next new disease.Informative but not heavy, insightful but not overwhelming, The New Global Threat: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Its Impacts is an indispensable source of information for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the hitherto unknown disease -- students, academics and corporate leaders alike."
546			_aEnglish
650			_aDisease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
700			_aEng Hin Lee _eEditors
700			_aAileen Plant _eEditors
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