The Changing Face of Disease (eBook, PDF)

Implications for Society
Redaktion: Mascie-Taylor, C. G. Nicholas; McGarvey, Stephen T.; Peters, Jean

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Disease is an ever-present threat faced by all human societies. Today, this concept has become an influential area of study known as the global burden of disease, which encompasses contemporary health concerns such as the economic costs of disease, the societal impact of illness in developing nations, and infectious diseases resulting from lifestyl

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134352005
• Artikelnr.: 57480426

Autorenporträt

C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor, Jean Peters, Stephen T. McGarvey

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1. HISTORICAL ASPECTS. Emerging Diseases in the Third Epidemiological
Transition. Life History Perspectives on Human Disease. The Evolution,
Transmission and Geographic Spread of Infectious Diseases in Human
Populations: Questions and Models. PART 2. CURRENT CHALLENGES. Genetic
Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases. Urban Pollution, Disease and the Health
of Children. Protecting Pregnant Women from Malaria. Interdisciplinary
Research on Schitosoma japonicum. Unravelling Gene-Environment Interactions
in Type 2 Diabetes. Investigating The 'Hidden' Epidemic: Sexual Behaviour
and Representations of HIV / AIDS Amongst Business People and Medical
Personnel in Five Central and Eastern European Nations. The Evolution of
Disease and the Devolution of Health Care for American Indians. The
Public's Health: The Changing Role of Public Health. Human Behaviour and
the Changing Pattern of Disease.