Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public health & preventive medicine / editor, Robert B. Wallace ; associate editor, Neal Kohatsu ; editor emeritus, John M. Last ; section editors, Ross Brownson ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wallace, Robert B., 1942-

Kohatsu, Neal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Medicine, Preventive.

Public Health.

Preventive Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Public Health.

Preventive Medicine.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 1367 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

Fifteenth edition.

Other Title:

Maxcy-Rosenau-Last public health & preventive medicine

Wallace/Maxcy-Rosenau-Last public health and preventive medicine

Public health & preventive medicine

Public health and preventive medicine

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, [2008]

Contents:

Public health and preventive medicine: trends and guideposts / Robert B. Wallace

Epidemiology and public health / Robert B. Wallace

Ethics and public health policy / Colin L. Soskolne and John M. Last

Public health and population / Robert B. Wallace

Public health informatics / David A. Ross and Alan R. Hinman

Health disparities and community-based participatory research: issues and illustrations / N. Andrew Peterson ... [et al.]

Genetic determinants of disease and genetics in public health / Fred Lorey

Control of communicable diseases

Diseases controlled primarily by vaccination

Epidemiology and trends in sexually transmitted diseases / David Friedel and Suzanne Lavoie

The epidemiology and prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) / Alan E. Greenberg ... [et al.]

Infections spread by close personal contact

Diseases spread by food and water

Control of infections in institutions: healthcare-associated infections / R. Monina Klevens and Denise M. Cardo

Viral diseases transmitted primarily by arthropod vectors

Diseases transmitted primarily from animals to humans (zoonoses)

Opportunistic fungal infections / Michael A. Pfaller

Other infection-related diseases of public health import

The status of environmental health / Arthur L. Frank

Toxicology

Environmental and ecological risk assessment / Michael Gochfeld and Joanna Burger

Biomarkers / Michael D. McClean and Thomas F. Webster

Asbestos and other fibers / Kaye H. Kilburn

Coal worker's lung diseases / Gregory R. Wagner and Michael D. Attfield

Silicosis / Stephen Levin and Ruth Lilis

Health significance of metal exposures / Philippe Grandjean

Diseases associated with exposure to chemical substances: organic compounds / Stephen Levin and Ruth Lilis

Polychlorinated biphenyls / Richard W. Clapp

Polychlorinated dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans / Yoshito Masuda and Arnold J. Schechter

Brominated flame retardants / Daniele F. Staskal and Linda S. Birnbaum

Multiple chemical sensitivities / Mark R. Cullen

Pulmonary responses to gases and particles / Kaye H. Kilburn

Pesticides / Marion Moses

Temperature and health / Edwin M. Kilbourne

Ionizing radiation / Arthur C. Upton

Nonionizing radiation / Arthur L. Frank and Louis Slesin

Effects of the physical environment: noise as a health hazard / Aage R. Møller

Ergonomics and work-related musculoskeletal disorders / W. Monroe Keyserling and Thomas J. Armstrong

Industrial hygiene / Robert F. Herrick

Surveillance and health screening in occupational health / Gregory R. Wagner and Lawrence J. Fine

Workers with disabilities / Nancy R. Mudrick, Robert J. Weber, and Margaret A. Turk

Environmental justice: from global to local / Howard Frumkin, Enrique Cifuentes and Mariana I. Gonzalez

The health of hired farmworkers / Don Villarejo and Marc B. Schenker

Women workers / Karen Messing

Health hazards of child labor / Susan H. Pollock and Philip J. Landrigan

Occupational safety and health standards / Eula Bingham and Celeste Monfroton

Ensuring food safety / Douglas L. Marshall and James S. Dickson

Water quality management and water-borne disease trends / Patricia L. Meinhardt

Hazardous waste: assessing, detecting, and remediation / William A. Suk

Aerospace medicine / Roy L. DeHart

Housing and health / John M. Last

Human health in a changing world / John M. Last and Colin L. Soskolne

Health behavior research and intervention / Kim D. Reynolds, Donna Spruijt-Metz, and Jennifer Unger

Tobacco: health effects and control / Corinne G. Husten and Stacy L. Thorne

Alcohol-related health problems / Brian L. Cook and Jill Liesveld

Prevention of drug use and drug use disorders / Elizabeth B. Robertson and Wilson M. Compton

Community health promotion and disease prevention / Stephanie Zaza and Peter A. Briss

Risk communication-an overlooked tool for improving public health / David P. Ropeik

Health literacy / Rima E. Rudd ... [et al.]

Screening for early and asymptomatic conditions / Robert B. Wallace

Cancer / Leslie K. Dennis, Charles F. Lynch, and Elaine M. Smith

Heart disease / Russell V. Luepker

Renal and urinary tract disease / Rebecca L. Hegeman

Diabetes / Janice C. Zgibor, Janice S. Dorman, and Treor J. Orchard

Respiratory disease prevention / David B. Coultas and Jonathan M. Samet

Musculoskeletal disorders / Jennifer L. Kelsey and MaryFran Sowers

Neurological disorders / James C. Torner and Robert B. Wallace

Disabling visual disorders / Dawn M. Oh and Kean T. Oh

Psychiatric disorders / Evelyn J. Bromet

Childhood cognitive disability / Maureen S. Durkin ... [et al.]

Prevention of disability in older persons / William H. Barker

Nutrition in public health and preventive medicine / Marion Nestle

Postmarketing medication safety surveillance: a current public health issue / Mirza I. Rahman and Omar H. Dabbous

The American health-care system: structure and function / Glen P. Mays and F. Douglas Scuthfield

Structure and function of the public health system in the United States / F. Douglas Scutchfield and C. William Keck

International and global health / Franklin M.M. White and Debra J. Nanan

Public health law / Edward P. Richards, III and Katharine C. Rathbun

Public health management tools

Categorical public health sciences

Injury control: the public health approach / Corinne Peek-Asa and Erin O. Heiden

Violence in the family as a public health concern / Irene Hanson, Jeremiah A. Schumm, and Stacey L. Williams.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Maxcy-Rosenau-Last public health & preventive medicine. 14th ed. c1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0071441980

9780071441988

OCLC:

122499988

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