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The Horizons of Health / Henry Wechsler, George F. Cahill, Jr., Joel Gurin.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- MEDICAL / Essays.
- MEDICAL / General.
- Medicine--Research--United States.
- Medicine--Research.
- Research.
- Local Subjects:
- MEDICAL / Essays.
- MEDICAL / General.
- Medicine--Research--United States.
- Medicine--Research.
- Research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 p.) : Zahlr. Abb.
- Edition:
- 2nd printing 1978. Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword / Fredrickson, Donald S.
- PART ONE. The Scope of the Problem
- 1. Biomedical Research: An Overview / Wechsler, Henry / Gurin, Joel / Cahill, George F.
- 2. Health of the United States Population / MacMahon, Brian / Berlin, Joyce E.
- PART TWO. Basic Processes in Disease
- 3. Cancer / Frei, Emil
- 4. Genetic Disorders / Erbe, Richard W.
- 5. Bacterial Infections / Weinstein, Louis / Barza, Michael J.
- 6. Viral Infections / Weinstein, Louis / Chang, Te-Wen
- 7. The Immune System and Diseases of Inflammation / Austen, K. Frank
- PART THREE. Biomedical Approaches to Behavioral Disorders
- 8. The Biological Bases of Mental Illness / Kety, Seymour S.
- 9. Alcohol and Drug Abuse / Mendelson, Jack H. / Mello, Nancy K.
- 10. Mental Retardation / Moser, Hugo W.
- 11. Neurological Disorders / Geschwind, Norman
- PART FOUR. Diseases of Organs and Systems
- 12. The Heart and Vascular System / Smith, Thomas W.
- 13. The Respiratory System / Gaensler, Edward A.
- 14. The Kidneys / Merrill, John P.
- 15. The Blood / Nathan, David G.
- 16. The Gastrointestinal System / Isselbacher, Kurt J.
- 17. Diabetes / Cahill, George F.
- 18. The Reproductive System / Ryan, Kenneth J.
- 19. The Skin / Johnson, Richard A. / Fitzpatrick, Thomas B.
- 20. The Teeth and Gums / GOLDHABER, PAUL
- 21. Vision / Grant, W. Morton
- 22. Hearing / Schuknecht, Harold F.
- PART FIVE. New Techniques of Diagnosis and Intervention
- 23. Orthopedics / Mankin, Henry J.
- 24. Surgical Care / Moore, Francis D.
- 25. Radiology / Abrams, Herbert L.
- PART SIX. The Implementation of Research
- 26. Economics of Health Research / Fein, Rashi
- 27. Spreading the Medical Word / Ingelfinger, Franz J.
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING. INDEX
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-59338-3
- OCLC:
- 1013947251
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