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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454609703321

Autore

Breslow Lester

Titolo

A life in public health [[electronic resource] ] : an insider's retrospective / / Lester Breslow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Springer Pub. Co., c2004

ISBN

0-8261-2713-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

610/.92

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Soggetti

Public health personnel - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Personal life -- Preparation and start in public health -- Military life -- Disease control -- A larger view of public health -- Tobacco control -- Concepts, determinants and measurement of health -- International health -- Public health administration -- Academe -- Reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

From his time as a Truman appointee on the Health Needs of the Nation to his tenure as Dean of UCLA's School of Public Health, Dr. Lester Breslow has been a force behind the most important public health developments of the last century. With his trademark humor and conviction, Breslow recounts his participation in the field's ground swell from the study of communicable disease to the current control of chronic illnesses. He reveals the story behind his Human Population Laboratory's ""seven healthy habits"" (sleep right, eat right, don't smoke, don't drink too much, exercise, keep your weight d