The State of Health Atlas: Mapping the Challenges and Causes of Disease - Softcover

O'donovan, Diarmuid

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520254112 ISBN 13: 9780520254114

Verlag: Univ of California Pr, 2008

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"Can serve as a sobering introduction to and overview of global health issues." Choice 20081001 "May serve as an effective education tool and may be the "clarion call for action" hoped for in the foreword." Science Books & Films 20090201

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Bringing together the latest data to chart recent and emerging trends, this atlas offers a major new profile of the state of health worldwide. In clear, full-color graphic displays and concise, informative text, it maps the causes and incidences of the major diseases as well as the economic, social, and environmental factors that shape health around the globe. In addition, it shows how health needs are identified, how health policy is developed and delivered, and how the quality of health services varies from country to country. "The State of Health Atlas" covers a range of timely topics including: life expectancy; malnutrition and obesity; water and sanitation; cancer, heart disease, and diabetes; tobacco and alcohol use; migration and refugees; climate change; infectious diseases from malaria to HIV/AIDS; mental health; SARS; avian flu and pandemic planning; urbanization; and antibiotic resistance.

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• Verlag: Univ of California Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0520254112
• ISBN 13: 9780520254114
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128