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The health of nations : infectious disease, environmental change, and their e…
In recent decades, new pathogens such as HIV, the Ebola virus, and the BSE prion have emerged, while old scourges such as tuberculosis, cholera, and malaria have grown increasingly resistant to treatment. The global spread of disease does not threaten the human species, but it threatens the prosperity and stability of human societies.In this pathbreaking book, Andrew Price-Smith investigates th…
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- 9780262281911
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- 1 online resource (viii, 220 pages) : illustrations
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Disease eradication in the 21st century :implications for global health
This title takes a fresh look at the evolving concepts of disease eradication, influenced by scientific advances, field experience, societal issues, and economic realities.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262304207
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- 1 online resource (xi, 319 pages) :illustrations (some color), maps (some color).
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Contagion and chaos :disease, ecology, and national security in the era of gl…
Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002.An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262255530
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- 1 online resource (x, 281 pages) :illustrations
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People count :contact-tracing apps and public health
An introduction to the technology of contact tracing and its usefulness for public health, considering questions of efficacy, equity, and privacy. Contact tracing is key to containing and controlling the spread of a virus in a pandemic. South Korea, China, and Singapore were among the few countries that quickly employed contact tracing after the emergence of COVID-19; the United States did not.…
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- 9780262363822
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- 1 online resource (120 pages).
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Cultures of contagion :a glossary
"An A-Z glossary of "cultures of contagion", conceived literally and metaphorically, and approaxched from multiple historical perspectives"--Includes index.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262365774
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War on all fronts :a theory of health security justice
"Shows the flaws in using "the war metaphor" to understand and organize our response to pandemics and urges its abandonment"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262374224
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Understanding and Controlling the Irritable Bowel
This book provides up to date information about IBS and its developments in the last decade and provides ways of controlling IBS based on the authors' long experience in treating IBS patients. Although IBS is a tortuous disorder and interferes with the patients’ daily activities, it does not develop into a serious disease or kill its sufferer. Understanding and learning ways of controlling IB…
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- 978-3-319-15642-2
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Principles and Practice of Urogynaecology
(1). Mengatasi semua gangguan uroginekologi, termasuk prolaps organ panggul, gangguan buang air besar, gangguan berkemih yang menyakitkan dan iritatif, dan inkontinensia urin. (2). Menyajikan informasi penting tentang pilihan pengobatan saat ini. (3). Meneliti penggunaan mesh dalam bedah panggul rekonstruktif. (4). Uroginekologi adalah cabang ilmu kedokteran yang berkaitan dengan gangguan fungs…
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- 978-81-322-1692-6
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Principles and Practice of Lacrimal Surgery
Sebuah teks komprehensif yang membahas evaluasi dan pengelolaan berbagai gangguan lakrimal, Termasuk lebih dari 250 ilustrasi berwarna, Perbesaran tinggi, foto endoskopi jarak dekat untuk penggambaran dan pemahaman anatomi yang lebih baik, Termasuk topik tentang sains dasar dan pembangunan konsensus tentang isu-isu controversial. Sistem lakrimal berhubungan dengan air mata dan kelenjar yang…
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Escherichia coli in the Americas
Bacterial diarrheal diseases remain an important leading cause of preventable death, especially among children under five in developing countries. In the American continent, diarrheal disease and other health complications caused by Escherichia coli constitute a major public health problem, and, therefore, several research groups have dedicated their effort to understand this pathogen and provi…
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- 8 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
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