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Autore: | Beaglehole R |
Titolo: | Public health at the crossroads [[electronic resource] ] : achievements and prospects / / Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2004 |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.1 |
614.422 | |
Soggetto topico: | World health |
Public health | |
Altri autori: | BonitaR |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Health, disease and the health transition; 2 Global health: past trends and present challenges; 3 Contemporary global health issues; 4 Evolution of epidemiology: ideas and methods; 5 The current state of epidemiology: achievements and limitations; 6 Challenges for epidemiology: historical and contemporary; 7 Public health themes: historical and contemporary; 8 Public health organisation and practice in wealthy countries; 9 Public health organisation and practice in poor countries; 10 Public health at the crossroads |
Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book is an introduction to public health as a discipline and a critique of its recent development. This extensively revised edition reviews major health trends, the current state of the world's health, and the latest estimates of the global burden of disease. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Public health at the crossroads |
ISBN: | 1-280-54053-2 |
9786610540532 | |
0-511-21536-3 | |
0-511-21715-3 | |
0-511-21178-3 | |
0-511-31577-5 | |
0-511-21355-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784319403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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