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BL
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1028794
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b783164
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The changing face of disease : : implications for society /\ edited by Nick Mascie-Taylor, Jean Peters and Stephen T. McGarvey.
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| Publication Statement
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New York ;London :: Taylor & Francis,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Society for the Study of Human Biology series
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1 online resource (1 volume) :: illustrations.
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0203300181
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: 9780203300183
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Part I. Historical aspects -- Emerging disease in the third epidemiological transition / George J. Armelagos -- Life history perspectives on human disease / Peter T. Ellison and Emily S. Barrett -- The evolution, transmission and geographic spread of infectious diseases in human populations: questions and models / Lisa Sattenspiel -- Part II. Current challenges -- Genetic epidemiology of parasitic diseases / Sarah Williams-Balangero, John L. Vandeberg and John Blangero -- Urban pollution, disease and the health of children / L.M. Schell and Elaine Hills -- Protecting pregnant women from malaria / S.W. Lindsay, R. McGready and G.E.L. Walraven -- Interdisciplinary research on Schistosoma japonicum / Stephen T. McGarvey [and others] -- Unravelling gene-environment interactions in type 2 diabetes / Nicholas J. Wareham -- Investigating the 'hidden' epidemic: sexual behaviour and representations of HIV/AIDS amongst business people and medical personnel in five Central and Eastern European nations / Robin Goodwin -- The evolution of disease and devolution of health care for American Indians / Stephen J. Kunitz -- The public's health: the changing role of public health / Jean Peters -- Human behaviour and the changing pattern of disease / Brian J. Ford -- Index.
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The Changing Face of Disease seeks to address four themes which reflect our understanding of disease: its evolution; its implications for human societies; its ecology, and our response to it.
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Diseases-- Social aspects.
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Environmentally induced diseases.
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Diseases-- Social aspects.
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Environmentally induced diseases.
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MEDICAL-- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL-- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL-- Public Health.
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging-- epidemiology.
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Parasitic Diseases-- epidemiology.
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Public Health.
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614.5
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RA418.C49 2004eb
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Mascie-Taylor, C. G. N.
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McGarvey, Stephen T.
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Peters, J., (Jean)
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Society for the Study of Human Biology.
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