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The Coming Plague : Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
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The Coming Plague : Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
Author: Laurie Garrett

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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780140250916 - ISBN-10: 0140250913
Publication Date: 10/1/1995
Pages: 768


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette

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Tish O. (tish) - NJ wrote on 2/25/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

YIKES!!!! this is a long and heavy (both in book weight and weighty issues)
it might be a little dated now but i think it will stand the test of time.
Plagues and new diseases, i believe we may be living in the times she has described.


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Sara C. (topperarnold) wrote on 8/7/2006...


From the back cover:
"Unpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. Changing social and environmental conditions around the world hae fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases...."

Not for hypochondriacs.


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