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The changing face of disease : implications for society / edited by Nick Mascie-Taylor, Jean Peters, Stephen T. McGarvey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Society for the Study of Human Biology series ; 43.
- Society for the Study of Human Biology series ; 43
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diseases--Social aspects.
- Diseases.
- Environmentally induced diseases.
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Disease Outbreaks.
- Models, Theoretical.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Medical Subjects:
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Disease Outbreaks.
- Models, Theoretical.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- Emerging disease 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
- Genetic epidemiology of parasitic diseases
- Urban pollution, disease and the health of children
- Protecting pregnant women from malaria
- Interdisciplinary research on Schistosoma japonicum
- Unravelling gene-environment interactions in type 2 diabetes
- Investigating the "hidden" epidemic: sexual behaviour and representation 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415322804
- OCLC:
- 55072046
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