This book presents the history of HIV/AIDS in China, which over the last three decades has been a gripping tale of exclusion and fear, and then, by turns, of involuntary tragedy, cautious experimentation and finally vigorous response.
Este libro constituye una nueva visión transdisciplinaria de la epidemiología, en donde se recoge la permanente refelxión y práctica de su gestor, el Dr.
El énfasis de esta obra ha sido la orientación de que los resultados finales de este proceso pedagógico en la epidemiología y la salud pública se centren finalmente en la construcción de planes de vida profesionales y personales del conocimiento epidemiológico aplicado a los servicios.
Hay un enorme poder político en las emociones compartidas que todos intuyen y que se explica en este libro, con ocasión de la crisis global de la covid-19.
Esta obra aborda el tema de la bioestadística, herramienta matemática que contribuye a la explicación del proceso salud-enfermedad, cuyos fenómenos están acompañados de gran variabilidad que debe ser medida y cuantificada.
Esta obra aborda el tema de la bioestadística, herramienta matemática que contribuye a la explicación del proceso salud-enfermedad, cuyos fenómenos están acompañados de gran variabilidad que debe ser medida y cuantificada.
Esta obra aborda el tema de la Bioestadística, herramienta matemática que contribuye a la explicación del proceso salud-enfermedad, cuyos fenómenos están acompañados de gran variabilidad que debe ser medida y cuantificada.
La epidemiología puede ser vista como una ciencia que se orienta principalmente a la solución práctica de los problemas de la salud de los pacientes y de las poblaciones.
Con base en los conceptos fundamentales tanto de la epidemiología como de la enfermería, Elementos de epidemiología para el cuidado de la enfermería presenta los puntos de encuentro de ambas disciplinas, dado que estas se unen no solamente por la historia, sino también por su preocupación por la salud y por las formas de estudiarla y de intervenir en la sociedad.
This book presents a rigorous enquiry into life course processes that are thought to influence health, integrating the latest methodologies for the study of pathways that link socio-demographic circumstances to health with an emphasis on the mediating factors that lie on these pathways.
This book provides up-to-date information on the characteristics of each species of intestinal fluke found in humans and on the management of infections caused by these trematodes.
This volume is based on a multidisciplinary approach towards biological and chemical threats that can, and have been previously used in bioterrorism attacks around the globe.
Guillaume Wunsch, Michel Mouchart, Josianne Duchene This book is an outcome of the activities of the Working Group on Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Differentials of the European Association for Population Studies, which was chaired for some years by one of the present editors (G.
Most branches of science have what might be termed a 'core area' which is both related to and helps to integrate peripheral topics to form the overall subject area.
Research on alcohol-related consequences has traditionally focused mainly on health aspects of alcohol consumption or effects which can be more easily quantified or measured.
This volume of Documenta Ophthalmologica Proceedings Series collects the scientific papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Retinal Pigment Epithelium and the 4th Meeting of the European Macula Group held in Genoa, May 29-June 1, 1996.
Accurate assessment of environmental hazards and related risks is a primary prerequisite for effective environmental health protection, at both the individual and collective level.
This volume marks the end of an eight-year program of research on population issues, launched in 1990 by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research: The NWO Priority Program on Population Issues.
The Monograph deals with the conception, planning, implementation, results and conclusions of the International Witches' Broom Project (IWBP), which was set up in 1985 with the aim of producing an economic management system for witches' broom disease of cocoa.
Few topics in women's medicine today are as fraught with confusion and controversy as the question of appropriate treatment for menopausal symptoms and the prevention of negative long term health outcomes common to post-menopausal women.
Hypertension is a major health problem and contrary to ischemic heart disease, which occurs only in Western countries, its distribution is almost universal.
On May 27-31, 1985, a series of symposia was held at The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, to celebrate the 70th birthday of Pro- fessor V.
Over the past two decades increasing interest has emerged in the contribu- tions that the social sciences might make to the epidemiological study of patterns of health and disease.
The Final Report of the USA CAPO Registry summarizes eight years of observation and analysis that reflects the experiences of 485 clinical centers and over 25,000 CAPO patients.
The book Dhaka Megacity: Geospatial Perspectives on Urbanisation, Environment and Health presents the use of geospatial techniques to address a number of environmental issues, including land use change, climatic variability, urban sprawl, population density modelling, flooding, environmental health, water quality, energy resources, urban growth modelling, infectious diseases and the quality of life.
In recent decades radiobiologists' efforts have been directed at identifying the mechanisms of radiation effects; the general mechanisms have since been studied extensively.
This textbook presents epidemiology in a practical manner, contextualized with discussions of theory and ethics, so that students and professionals from all academic backgrounds may develop a deep appreciation for how to conduct and interpret epidemiological research.
