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UNINA9910458870703321 |
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Saracci Rodolfo <1936-> |
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Epidemiology : a very short introduction / / Rodolfo Saracci |
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Oxford : ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010 |
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1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Epidemiology |
Medicine |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1. What is epidemiology? -- 2. Measuring health and disease -- 3. Searching for the causes of disease -- 4. Establishing the causes of a disease -- 5. Testing how to control a disease -- 6. Following up people's health -- 7. Investigating people's past experiences -- 8. Mapping health and disease -- 9. From epidemiology to medicine, prevention, and public health -- 10. between ethics and politics. |
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What is epidemiology? What are the causes of a new disease? How can pandemics be prevented? Epidemiology is the study of the changing patterns of disease and its main aim is to improve the health of populations. It's a vital field, central to the health of society, to the identification of causes of disease, and to their management and prevention. Epidemiology has had an impact on many areas of medicine; from discovering the relationship between tobacco smoking and lung cancer, to the origin and spread of new epidemics. However, it is often poorly understood, largely due to misrepresentations in the media.In this Very Short Introduction Rodolfo Saracci dispels some of the myths surrounding the study of epidemiology. He provides a general explanation of the principles behind clinical trials, and explains the nature of basic statistics concerning disease. He also looks at the ethical and political issues related to obtaining and using information concerning patients, and trials involving placebos. |
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UNISA996309075103316 |
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Moran Arik <1976-> |
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Kingship and Polity on the Himalayan Borderland : Rajput Identity during the Early Colonial Encounter / / Arik Moran |
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Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2019 |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 pages) |
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Raiput (Indic people) - Himalya Mountains |
India History British occupation, 1765-1947 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Images, Maps and Charts -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Memories of a Feud: Chinjhiar, 1795 -- 2. Alterity and Myth in Himalayan Historiography: Kangra, Sirmaur, and Gorkha Rule in the West -- 3. Sati and Sovereignty in Theory and Practise -- 4. Statecraft at the Edge of Empire: Bilaspur, 1795-1835 -- 5. Widowed Ranis, Scheming Rajas, and the Making of 'Rajput Tradition' -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Jhera of Chinjhiar -- Bibliography -- Index |
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This book explores the modern transformation of state and society in the Indian Himalaya. Centred on three Rajput-led kingdoms during the transition to British rule (c. 1790-1840) and their interconnected histories, it demonstrates how border making practices engendered a modern reading of 'tradition' that informs communal identities to date. By revising the history of these mountain kings on the basis of extensive archival, textual, and ethnographic research, it offers an alternative to popular and scholarly discourses that grew with the rise of colonial knowledge. This revision ultimately points to the important contribution of borderland spaces to the fabrication of group identities. |
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