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Wellness by the numbers : understanding and interpreting American health statistics / Jacqueline Klosek.
Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles Available online
Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klosek, Jacqueline, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health status indicators--United States.
- Health status indicators.
- Diseases.
- United States.
- Diseases--United States--Statistics.
- United States--Statistics, Medical.
- Health Status Indicators.
- Disease.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Status Indicators.
- United States.
- Disease.
- Genre:
- Medical statistics.
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 341 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Health Topics
- 1 ADHD 1
- 2 Alcohol Consumption 7
- 3 Allergies 15
- 4 Alzheimer's Disease 21
- 5 Anemia 27
- 6 Arthritis 35
- 7 Asthma 41
- 8 Autism 47
- 9 Autoimmune Diseases 53
- 10 Breast Cancer 59
- 11 Breastfeeding 67
- 12 Calorie Consumption 73
- 13 Cardiovascular Disease 79
- 14 Cervical Cancer 87
- 15 Cesarean Births 95
- 16 Childhood Obesity 101
- 17 Cholesterol Levels 109
- 18 Colon/Rectal Cancer 115
- 19 Congenital Defects 121
- 20 Contraceptive Use 127
- 21 Depression 133
- 22 Diabetes 139
- 23 Digestive Diseases 147
- 24 Disabilities 155
- 25 Drug Addiction 161
- 26 Eating Disorders 169
- 27 Exercise/Physical Activity 179
- 28 Food-borne Illnesses 185
- 29 HIV/AIDS 193
- 30 Hypertension 199
- 31 Infant Mortality 205
- 32 Life Expectancy 213
- 33 Lung Cancer 219
- 34 Mammograms 227
- 35 Mental Health 233
- 3 Obesity 239
- 37 Pancreatic Cancer 245
- 38 Prescription Drug Use 251
- 39 Prostate Cancer 257
- 40 Skin Cancer 263
- 41 Smoking and Tobacco Use 269
- 42 STDs 277
- 43 Stress 285
- 44 Stroke 291
- 45 Suicide 297
- 46 Teenage Pregnancy 303
- 47 Thyroid Cancer 311
- 48 Vaccines and Immunizations 319
- 49 Vegetarian and Vegan Diets 325
- 50 Vitamin Consumption and Supplementation 331.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Murray Galt Motter Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1610699645
- 9781610699648
- Publisher Number:
- 99962679776
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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