Record Nr.

UNINA9910483776103321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of Public Health [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 1: A - H Volume 2: I - Z / / edited by Wilhelm Kirch

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2008

ISBN

1-4020-5614-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (eReference.)

Disciplina

362.103

Soggetti

Public health

Medicine

Public Health

Medicine/Public Health, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Field Editors -- List of Contributors -- Entry List -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Encyclopedia of Public Health presents the most important definitions, principles and general perspectives of public health, written by experts of the different fields. The work includes more than 2,500 entries in alphabetical order. Entries comprise review-style articles (synopses), detailed essays and short definitions. Extensive cross referencing and hyperlinking offers an easy to use web of knowledge in Public Health. Solidly structured and inclusive, this two-volume reference is an invaluable tool for clinical scientists and practitioners in academia, health care and industry, as well as students and teachers.