Carlos Franco-Paredes

Contributor

Website : IAS-USA

BIOGRAPHY

Carlos Franco-Paredes is a faculty member of the International Antiviral Society-USA and a physician at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. His current research focuses on vaccine-preventable diseases, travel-related vaccines, social determinants of infectious diseases, and neglected tropical diseases. He contributed an article on “Environmental Medicine” to SAGE Publications’ Encyclopedia of Global Health (2008), and a version of this article was used for his Britannica entry on this topic.

Primary Contributions (1)

environmental medicine

Environmental medicine, medical science involving the study of the relationship between human health and biological, chemical, and physical factors in the environment. The modern field of environmental medicine originated sometime around the mid-20th century, when possible links between…

Publications (1)

Encyclopedia of Global Health (January 2008)

By Yawei Zhang

"A general reference for topics related to health worlwide, this encyclopedia is ambitious in its scope, with entries for specific diseases and conditions, geographical areas, health issues, biographical information, and organizations related to world health policy."
—CHOICE

"A useful, one-stop reference for health professionals and the general population alike that speaks to important changes and issues in global health; a foundation of knowledge essential for any...