1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460026603321

Titolo

Report on the scientific basis of tobacco product regulation [[electronic resource] ] : third report of a WHO study group

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2010

ISBN

1-282-69710-2

9786612697104

92-4-068509-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 p.)

Collana

WHO technical report series, , 0512-3054 ; ; 955

Disciplina

613.5

Soggetti

Tobacco use - Health aspects

Tobacco use - Prevention

Tobacco industry - Law and legislation

Advertising - Tobacco

Tobacco

Cigarettes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

This WHO Technical Report Series report makes available the findings of an international group of experts that provide WHO with the latest scientific and technical advice in the area of product regulation. The third report presents the conclusions reached and recommendations made by the members of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation at its fifth meeting, during which it reviewed two background papers specially commissioned For The meeting and which dealt, respectively, with the following two themes: devices designed For The purpose of nicotine delivery To The respiratory system i



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780963203321

Autore

Reid Fiona <1933->

Titolo

Broken men [[electronic resource] ] : shell shock, treatment and recovery in Britain, 1914-1930 / / Fiona Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2010

ISBN

1-4411-6144-9

1-282-59059-6

9786612590597

0-8264-2103-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

616.85212

Soggetti

War neuroses - Great Britain - History - 20th century

World War, 1914-1918 - Medical care - Great Britain

World War, 1914-1918 - Veterans - Mental health - Great Britain

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Shell Shock and Weak Nerves; 2 Encountering Shell-Shocked Men; 3 Lest We Forget; 4 Lunatics and Lunacy Reform; 5 No Longer 'Nerve-Wracked Boys'; 6 Shell Shock and Veterans' Voices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a genuinely new insight into the lives of shell-shocked soldiers both during and after the Great War. Shell shock achieved a very high political profile in the years 1919-1922. Publications ranging from ""John Bull"" to the ""Morning Post"" insisted that shell-shocked men should be treated with respect, and the Minister for Health, announced in 1921 that the government was committed to protecting shell-shocked men from the stigma of lunacy. Yet at the same time, many mentally-wounded veterans were struggling with a pension system which was failing to give them the security tha