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Cancer causes and controversies [[electronic resource] ] : understanding risk reduction and prevention / / Bernard Kwabi-Addo and Tia Laura Lindstrom
| Cancer causes and controversies [[electronic resource] ] : understanding risk reduction and prevention / / Bernard Kwabi-Addo and Tia Laura Lindstrom |
| Autore | Kwabi-Addo Bernard |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/4071 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LindstromTia Laura |
| Soggetto topico |
Cancer - Risk factors
Cancer - Treatment |
| ISBN |
979-84-00-62318-9
1-283-15045-X 9786613150455 0-313-37929-7 |
| Classificazione | HEA000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Risk Factors for Commonly Diagnosed Cancer Diseases; Chapter 1: Bladder Cancer; Chapter 2: Brain Cancer; Chapter 3: Breast Cancer; Chapter 4: Cervical Cancer; Chapter 5: Colorectal Cancer; Chapter 6: Esophageal Cancer; Chapter 7: Gastric Cancer; Chapter 8: Head and Neck Cancer; Chapter 9: Leukemia and Lymphoma; Chapter 10: Liver Cancer; Chapter 11: Lung Cancer; Chapter 12: Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers; Chapter 13: Pancreatic Cancer; Chapter 14: Prostate Cancer; Chapter 15: Skin Cancer; Chapter 16: Occupation-Associated Cancer
Part II: Behaviors and ControversiesChapter 17: Nutrition and Cancer; Chapter 18: Body Weight and Cancer; Chapter 19: Immune System and Cancer Risk; Chapter 20: Controversies Concerning Cancer Screening's Benefits and Disadvantages; Chapter 21: Controversies Surrounding Dietary Supplements and Foods for Cancer Prevention; Chapter 22: Controversies Regarding Commonly Perceived Risk Factors and Cancer; Chapter 23: Conclusion; Resources; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789694703321 |
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Cancer causes and controversies : understanding risk reduction and prevention / / Bernard Kwabi-Addo and Tia Laura Lindstrom
| Cancer causes and controversies : understanding risk reduction and prevention / / Bernard Kwabi-Addo and Tia Laura Lindstrom |
| Autore | Kwabi-Addo Bernard |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/4071 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LindstromTia Laura |
| Soggetto topico |
Cancer - Risk factors
Cancer - Treatment |
| ISBN |
9798400623189
9786613150455 9781283150453 128315045X 9780313379291 0313379297 |
| Classificazione | HEA000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Risk Factors for Commonly Diagnosed Cancer Diseases; Chapter 1: Bladder Cancer; Chapter 2: Brain Cancer; Chapter 3: Breast Cancer; Chapter 4: Cervical Cancer; Chapter 5: Colorectal Cancer; Chapter 6: Esophageal Cancer; Chapter 7: Gastric Cancer; Chapter 8: Head and Neck Cancer; Chapter 9: Leukemia and Lymphoma; Chapter 10: Liver Cancer; Chapter 11: Lung Cancer; Chapter 12: Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers; Chapter 13: Pancreatic Cancer; Chapter 14: Prostate Cancer; Chapter 15: Skin Cancer; Chapter 16: Occupation-Associated Cancer
Part II: Behaviors and ControversiesChapter 17: Nutrition and Cancer; Chapter 18: Body Weight and Cancer; Chapter 19: Immune System and Cancer Risk; Chapter 20: Controversies Concerning Cancer Screening's Benefits and Disadvantages; Chapter 21: Controversies Surrounding Dietary Supplements and Foods for Cancer Prevention; Chapter 22: Controversies Regarding Commonly Perceived Risk Factors and Cancer; Chapter 23: Conclusion; Resources; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910959973303321 |
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Kwabi-Addo Bernard
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| Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes / / Claudia Cornwall
| Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes / / Claudia Cornwall |
| Autore | Cornwall Claudia Maria |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 616.99/4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cancer - Etiology
Cancer - Research - History |
| ISBN |
979-82-16-41238-0
979-82-16-29587-7 1-299-28885-5 1-4422-1522-4 |
| Classificazione | HEA000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 More Than a Curiosity; 2 Palmer Beasley Discovers a Silent Epidemic; 3 Harald zur Hausen Solves the Riddle of Cervical Cancer; 4 Barry Marshall, Robin Warren, and Helicobacter pylori; 5 Paul Ewald Stalks the Stealth Infections; 6 Gene Hunters; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910970777103321 |
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Cornwall Claudia Maria
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| Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comparative studies and the politics of modern medical care / / edited by Theodore R. Marmor, Richard Freeman and Kieke G.H. Okma
| Comparative studies and the politics of modern medical care / / edited by Theodore R. Marmor, Richard Freeman and Kieke G.H. Okma |
| Autore | Marmor Theodore R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MarmorTheodore R
FreemanRichard OkmaKieke G. H |
| Soggetto topico |
Health care reform - Developed countries
Medical policy - Developed countries Social medicine - Developed countries |
| ISBN |
1-282-41586-7
9786612415869 0-300-15595-6 |
| Classificazione | HEA000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Comparative Policy Analysis and Health Care. An Introduction -- 2. The United States Risks for Americans and Lessons for Abroad -- 3. Canada: Health Care Reform in Comparative Perspective -- 4. Germany Evidence, Policy, and Politics in Health Care Reform -- 5. The Netherlands: From Polder Model to Modern Management -- 6. The United Kingdom: Health Policy Learning in the National Health Service -- 7. Primary Care and Health Reform: Concepts, Confusions, and Clarifications -- 8. Hospital Care in the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands -- 9. Pharmaceutical Policy and Politics in OECD Countries -- 10. Comprehensive Long- Term Care in Japan and Germany: Policy Learning and Cross- National Comparison -- 11. Regulating Private Health Insurance Markets -- 12. Learning from Others and Learning from Mistakes: Reflections on Health Policy Making -- Appendix. National Health Accounts: A Tool for International Comparison of Health Spending -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910974506103321 |
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Marmor Theodore R
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| New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental health and child survival : epidemiology, economics, experiences
| Environmental health and child survival : epidemiology, economics, experiences |
| Autore | World Bank |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 618.92/98 |
| Collana | Environment and development (Washington, D.C.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmentally induced diseases in children - Developing countries
Malnutrition in children - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
9786611770495
9781281770493 1281770493 9780821372371 0821372378 |
| Classificazione | HEA000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; Box 1.1 What Is Environmental Health?; Tables 1.1 Millennium Development Goals and Environmental Health; Tables 1.2 Annual Cost of Direct and Indirect Impact of Environmental Risk Factors in 2005; PART I Epidemiology; Tables 2.1 Water-Related Transmission Routes and Disease Outcome; Figure 2.1 The F-Diagram: Transmission Routes for Infection; Figure 2.2 Relationship between Nutrition and Infection; Tables 2.2 Impact of Infection on Nutritional Status
Box 2.1 Impact of Diarrhea on Child Malnutrition: Evidence from Research Figure 2.3 Environmental Health Inputs and Health Outcomes in the Child's Life Cycle; Box 2.2 Overweight Mothers Carrying Underweight Children; Figure 2.4 The Window of Opportunity for Addressing Undernutrition; Figure 3.1 Range of Preventive Activities in Child Survival; Tables 3.1 Role of Environmental Health in Supplementing Health System Strategies; PART II Economics; Tables 4.1 Environmental Risk Factors and Related Diseases Included in the Comparative Risk Assessment Box 4.1 Why 50 Percent? Supporting Evidence from Recent Cohort Studies Figure 4.1 The Health Effects of Environmental Risks Factors; Figure 4.2 Water-Related (WSH plus WRM) Burden of Disease in Children under Five Attributable to Environmental Risk Factors by WHO Region, 2002; Box 4.2 Revisiting the "Asian Enigma"; Figure 4.3 Mills-Reincke Ratios for Subregions; Box 4.3 The Mills-Reincke Phenomenon; Figure 5.1 Cost of Environmental Health Risks; Box 5.1 Basic Indicators for Ghana and Pakistan; Tables 5.1 Environmentally Attributable Fractions of Child Mortality, Keeping Malnutrition Unchanged Tables 5.2 Estimated Mortality in Under-Five Children from Environmental Risk Factors, 2005 Tables 5.3 Malnutrition Rates in Children under the Age of Five; Figure 5.2 Weight-for-Age Distribution of Children in Ghana and Pakistan; Tables 5.4 Malnutrition-Attributable Fractions of Child Mortality; Figure 5.3 Two-Week Diarrheal Prevalence Rate by Age and Underweight Status in Ghana and Pakistan; Figure 5.4 Underweight Malnutrition Rates in Children with and without Diarrheal Infections in Ghana and Pakistan; Figure 5.5 Calculating Revised Estimates (Indirect and Direct Effects) Tables 5.5 Environmentally Attributable Fractions and Child Mortality with Malnutrition-Mediated Effects Box 5.2 Attributable Fractions and Burden of Disease When Multiple Risk Factors Are Present; Tables 5.6 Effects of Malnutrition on Education; Figure 5.6 Final Results of Ghana and Pakistan Case Studies; Tables 5.7 Annual Cost of Direct and Indirect Effect of Environmental Risk Factors in 2005; Box 5.3 How Policy-Makers Should Interpret These Results; PART III Experiences; Box 6.1 Combating Disease through Improved Milk; Box 6.2 Mexico: Multisectorality through a Diagonal Approach Box 6.3 Thailand's National Nutrition Program |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910962466003321 |
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World Bank
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| Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The organ donor experience [[electronic resource] ] : good samaritans and the meaning of altruism / / Katrina A. Bramstedt and Rena Down
| The organ donor experience [[electronic resource] ] : good samaritans and the meaning of altruism / / Katrina A. Bramstedt and Rena Down |
| Autore | Bramstedt Katrina A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina | 617.9/54 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DownRena |
| Soggetto topico |
Organ donors
Organ donors - Psychology Generosity Donation of organs, tissues, etc |
| ISBN |
1-283-25546-4
9786613255464 1-4422-1117-2 |
| Classificazione | HEA000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Ethics and altruism -- pt. 2. Destined to be a donor -- pt. 3. Serving others and giving back -- pt. 4. The gift of giving -- pt. 5. Life experience and giving -- pt. 6. Becoming an organ donor -- pt. 7. Life after organ donation. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781760403321 |
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Bramstedt Katrina A
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| Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The organ donor experience : good samaritans and the meaning of altruism / / Katrina A. Bramstedt and Rena Down
| The organ donor experience : good samaritans and the meaning of altruism / / Katrina A. Bramstedt and Rena Down |
| Autore | Bramstedt Katrina A |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina | 617.9/54 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DownRena |
| Soggetto topico |
Organ donors
Organ donors - Psychology Generosity Donation of organs, tissues, etc |
| ISBN |
979-82-16-31708-1
1-283-25546-4 9786613255464 1-4422-1117-2 |
| Classificazione | HEA000000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Ethics and altruism -- pt. 2. Destined to be a donor -- pt. 3. Serving others and giving back -- pt. 4. The gift of giving -- pt. 5. Life experience and giving -- pt. 6. Becoming an organ donor -- pt. 7. Life after organ donation. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953208303321 |
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Bramstedt Katrina A
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| Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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