The changing face of disease:implications for society
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CRC Press,
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Publisher Address: | Boca Raton, FL |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Society for the study of human biology series |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 208 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 0415322804 |
Index Number: | R1 |
CLC: |
R1 R366-05 R12 |
Call Number: | R1/C456-1 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. |