1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816437403321

Autore

McBride David <1949->

Titolo

Caring for equality : a history of African American health and healthcare / / David McBride

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-4422-6060-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations

Collana

African American history series

Disciplina

362.108900973

Soggetti

African Americans - Health and hygiene - United States

African Americans - Medical care

Health services accessibility - United States - History

Black or African American - history

Minority Health - history

Enslaved Persons - history

Health Services Accessibility - history

Healthcare Disparities - history

History, Modern 1601-

Racism - history

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Slavery and the Medical Roots -- 2 Battling for Life in the Civil War and Nadir Eras -- 3 The Black Medical World -- 4 Civil Rights, Health Rights -- 5 War on Poverty and the "Medical Ghetto" -- 6 Confronting the Black Health Crisis -- 7 The AIDS Era and the Time of Katrina -- Selected Bibliography -- Chronology -- Documents -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Caring for Equality David McBride chronicles the struggle by African Americans and their white allies to improve poor black health conditions as well as inadequate medical care-caused by slavery, racism, and discrimination-since the arrival of African slaves in America.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557530803321

Autore

Tokonami Shinji

Titolo

Assessment of Environmental Radioactivity and Radiation for Human Health Risk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Soggetti

Biography and non-fiction prose

Waddawalla / Well 40 (Great Sandy Desert WA SF51-08)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Ten years have passed since the nuclear accident occurred in Fukushima, Japan, following the Great East Japan earthquake. Thereafter, many people around the world have been concerned about the risks posed by radiation. They still believe that even a small amount of radiation exposure will affect human health. In reality, however, there are many natural radionuclides in the environment, which emit a variety of types of radiation. Although it is well known that there is a positively linear relationship between acute radiation exposure and cancer risk in atomic bomb survivors, the risk of chronic radiation exposure due to natural radionuclides cannot be well explained to people who have lived in high-background radiation areas for many generations. Therefore, more studies in this research field are required to obtain new scientific findings. In order to promote further scientific activities, it will be the best for us to understand the current status of this field by summarizing what we have apprehended so far. This Special Issue will highlight measurement data, methodologies, radiation biology, and risk assessment related to radiation.