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" Short textbook of public health medicine for the tropics / "
Adetokunbo O. Lucas and Herbert M. Gilles.
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985442
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b739812
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Lucas, Adetokunbo O.
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Short textbook of public health medicine for the tropics /\ Adetokunbo O. Lucas and Herbert M. Gilles.
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4th ed.
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London :: Arnold ;New York, NY :: Distributed in the USA by Oxford University Press,, 2003.
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x, 389 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;; 25 cm
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0340759887
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: 0340807385
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: 9780340759882
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: 9780340807385
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Revised edition of: A new short textbook of preventive medicine for the tropics / Adetokunbo O. Lucas, Herbert M. Gilles. 3rd ed. 1990.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Machine derived contents note: Health in the developing world -- Information for health -- Epidemiology -- Infections through the gastro-intestinal tract -- Infections through the skin and mucous membranes -- Infections through the respiratory tract -- Arthropod-borne infections -- Nutritional diseases -- Non-communicable diseases -- Policy, strategies and management of health services -- Family health -- Environmental health sanitation -- Health education -- International health collaboration.
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Established as a major text for students of tropical medicine this book is also an invaluable source of reference for health professionals practicing in the tropics. It offers an integrated approach to public health, placing emphasis on primary care, health education and the planning and implementation of control measures. The book is designed to train public health workers to analyze situations critically and manage diversity, complexity and change. Please note that despite the new title, this fourth edition is a new edition of Preventive Medicine for the Tropics.
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Tropical medicine.
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44.73 geographical medicine.
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Tropical medicine.
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Tropical Medicine.
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Openbare gezondheidszorg.
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Tropische geneeskunde.
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Preventive Medicine.
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616.9883
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RC961.5.L83 2003
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2002 O-116
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WC 680L933s 2003
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44.73bcl
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S2bcmedlit
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XE 5800rvk
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Gilles, H. M., (Herbert Michael),1921-
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Lucas, Adetokunbo O.
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