The Assessment of and Adaptation to Disease Risk in Liouciou Township, Taiwan

Liouciou Island, located off the south western coast of Taiwan, has 12,550 inhabitants of which high proportion are elderly and fisherman. The medical services are provided mainly by the local Public Health Clinic. Any emergencies or major medical treatment requires patients to be transferred to a r...

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Main Author: Chung-Ling Ouyang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bucharest 2012-11-01
Series:Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography
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Online Access:http://humangeographies.org.ro/articles/62/6_2_12_4_ouyang.pdf