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  • Health and Medical Geography

    de Michael Emch, PhD, Elisabeth Dowling Root, PhD, Margaret Carrel, PhD ...
    Why are rainfall, carcinogens, and primary care physicians distributed unevenly over space? The fourth edition of the leading text in the field has been updated and reorganized to cover the latest developments in disease ecology and health promotion across the globe. The book accessibly introduces the core questions and perspectives of health and medical geography and presents cutting-edge ... Leer más

    $78.99 USD

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  • Epidemiology: An Introduction

    An Introduction

    de Kenneth J. Rothman ...
    Across the last forty years, epidemiology has developed into a vibrant scientific discipline that brings together the social and biological sciences, incorporating everything from statistics to the philosophy of science in its aim to study and track the distribution and determinants of health events. A now-classic text, the second edition of this essential introduction to epidemiology presents the ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Social Epidemiology

    Edición de Lisa F. Berkman, Ichiro Kawachi ...
    The authors of this groundbreaking text define social epidemiology as the study of the social determinants of health, implying that an important goal of public health is to identify and address factors in the social environment that may be related to health outcomes. In the first systematic account of this field, they focus on the major social variables that influence health, including ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • Deadliest Enemy

    Our War Against Killer Germs

    de Mark Olshaker, Michael T. Osterholm ...
    A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone) stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics -- featuring a new preface on COVID-19.Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating ... Leer más

    $17.99 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

  • An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling

    de Emilia Vynnycky, Richard White ...
    Mathematical models are increasingly being used to examine questions in infectious disease control. Applications include predicting the impact of vaccination strategies against common infections and determining optimal control strategies against HIV and pandemic influenza. This book introduces individuals interested in infectious diseases to this exciting and expanding area. The mathematical level ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • The Great Plague

    A People's History

    de Evelyn Lord ...
    In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague’s effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord’s fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • The Measurement of Affect, Mood, and Emotion

    A Guide for Health-Behavioral Research

    de Panteleimon Ekkekakis ...
    The role of affective constructs in human behavior in general, and health behavior in particular, is recapturing the attention of researchers. Affect, mood, and emotion are again considered powerful motives behind dietary choices, physical activity participation, cigarette smoking, alcohol over-consumption, and drug abuse. However, researchers entering the fray must confront a vast and confusing ... Leer más

    $36.99 USD

  • An Unnatural History of Emerging Infections

    de Ron Barrett, George Armelagos (the late) ...
    This book traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Neolithic to the present day. Despite recent high profile discoveries of new pathogens, the major determinants of these emerging infections are ancient and recurring. These include changing modes of subsistence, shifting populations, environmental disruptions, and social inequalities. The recent ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • Behavioral Economics and Public Health

    Edición de Christina A. Roberto, Ichiro Kawachi ...
    Behavioral economics has potential to offer novel solutions to some of today's most pressing public health problems: How do we persuade people to eat healthy and lose weight? How can health professionals communicate health risks in a way that is heeded? How can food labeling be modified to inform healthy food choices? Behavioral Economics and Public Health is the first book to apply the ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Deadly River

    Cholera and Cover-Up in Post-Earthquake Haiti

    de Ralph R. Frerichs ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    In October 2010, nine months after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, a second disaster began to unfold—soon to become the world's largest cholera epidemic in modern times. In a country that had never before reported cholera, the epidemic mysteriously and simultaneously appeared in river communities of central Haiti, eventually triggering nearly 800,000 cases and 9,000 deaths. What had ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Issues in Clinical Epileptology: A View from the Bench

    Edición de Paul S. Buckmaster, Helen E. Scharfman ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book is dedicated to Dr. Philip A. Schwartzkroin. The book has a novel format because it is not intended to be a set of reviews. Instead, it is an effort to explore important topics in the epilepsy research field. Because articles are written by leaders in the field who have years of experience and individuals with diverse expertise, articles are likely to have a long-lasting impact and be ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD