Download or read book Health and Population in South Asia written by Sumit Guha and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text focuses on the population history of Asia over 25 centuries. Chapters focus on the interaction between demography, climate, health, medicine and culture. There is also a compact survey of the evolution of environmental hygiene in India through the 20th Century.