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  • An Introduction to Population-level Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases

    Edición de Mike Rayner, Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Julianne Williams, Karen McColl, Shanthi Mendis ...
    Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill more people than anything else in the world. They include cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes; cancers; chronic respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructed pulmonary disease and asthma; and diabetes. In 2013, the World Health Organization published a global action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs which set a target to ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

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  • Circular Statistics in R

    de Arthur Pewsey, Graeme D Ruxton, Markus Neuhäuser ...
    Circular Statistics in R provides the most comprehensive guide to the analysis of circular data in over a decade. Circular data arise in many scientific contexts whether it be angular directions such as: observed compass directions of departure of radio-collared migratory birds from a release point; bond angles measured in different molecules; wind directions at different times of year at a wind ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Dread

    How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu

    de Philip Alcabes ...
    Deaths from epidemic disease are rare in the developed world, yet in our technically and medically advanced society, an ever-present risk of disease has created an industry out of fear.As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread, our anxieties about epidemics often stray from the facts on the ground. In a fascinating exploration of the social and cultural history of epidemics, Alcabes delivers ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Integumentary System

    Volume 4

    de Bryan E. Anderson ...
    Series series Netter Green Book Collection
    The Integumentary System, by Bryan E. Anderson, MD, takes a concise and highly visual approach to illustrate the basic sciences and clinical pathology of the skin, hair and nails. This newly added, never-before-published volume in The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations (formerly the CIBA "Green Books") captures current clinical perspectives on the integumentary system - from normal anatomy ... Leer más

    $75.99 USD

  • AIDS Between Science and Politics

    de Peter Piot ...
    Traducido por Laurence Garey ...
    Peter Piot, founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), recounts his experience as a clinician, scientist, and activist fighting the disease from its earliest manifestation to today. The AIDS pandemic was not only catastrophic to the health of millions worldwide but also fractured international relations, global access to new technologies, and public ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Methods for Community Public Health Research

    Integrated and Engaged Approaches

    Edición de Jessica Burke, PhD, MHS, Steven M. Albert, PhD, FGSA, FAAN ...
    "This book presents a new approach to conducting, evaluating, and presenting community and public health research... This is [a] valuable book for learning alternative ways of conducting and disseminating research."--Doody's Medical ReviewsThe Burke & Albert text is a ìmust-haveî for all community researchers in public health. It contains innovative, community-engaged research methods that are ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • Mental Health and Poverty

    de Rob Poole, Robert Higgo, Catherine A. Robinson ...
    There is strong scientific evidence that poverty is a cause of mental illness. This book brings together a body of knowledge from biomedical and social science literature that is of importance to both academics and practitioners. It explores a broad range of issues, including stigma, the recovery model and substance misuse. The role of childhood adversity is examined, together with other potential ... Leer más

    $86.99 USD

  • Causality

    Philosophical Theory meets Scientific Practice

    de Phyllis Illari, Federica Russo ...
    Head hits cause brain damage - but not always. Should we ban sport to protect athletes? Exposure to electromagnetic fields is strongly associated with cancer development - does that mean exposure causes cancer? Should we encourage old fashioned communication instead of mobile phones to reduce cancer rates? According to popular wisdom, the Mediterranean diet keeps you healthy. Is this belief ... Leer más

    $52.99 USD

  • Risk, Chance, and Causation

    Investigating the Origins and Treatment of Disease

    de Michael B. Bracken ...
    The press and other media constantly report news stories about dangerous chemicals in the environment, miracle cures, the safety of therapeutic treatments, and potential cancer-causing agents. But what exactly is actually meant by increased risk”-should we worry if we are told that we are at twice the risk of developing an illness? And how do we interpret reduced risk” to properly assess the ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Biology and Society

    Edición de Maurizio Meloni, John Cromby, Des Fitzgerald, Stephanie Lloyd ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This comprehensive handbook synthesizes the often-fractured relationship between the study of biology and the study of society. Bringing together a compelling array of interdisciplinary contributions, the authors demonstrate how nuanced attention to both the biological and social sciences opens up novel perspectives upon some of the most significant sociological, anthropological, philosophical and ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Mapping the Social Consequences of Alcohol Consumption

    Edición de Harald Klingemann, G. Gmel ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Research on alcohol-related consequences has traditionally focused mainly on health aspects of alcohol consumption or effects which can be more easily quantified or measured. It is evident that alcohol has many consequences which can be characterised as `social' in nature and which are not, or not only, medical and are directly health-related. Such consequences include violence, crime, and ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • The Population Biology of Tuberculosis

    de Christopher Dye ...
    Series Libro 54 - Monographs in Population Biology
    Despite decades of developments in immunization and drug therapy, tuberculosis remains among the leading causes of human mortality, and no country has successfully eradicated the disease. Reenvisioning tuberculosis from the perspective of population biology, this book examines why the disease is so persistent and what must be done to fight it. Treating tuberculosis and its human hosts as dynamic, ... Leer más

    $51.89 USD