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Author Mera, Steven L.

Title Understanding disease : pathology and prevention / Steven L. Mera
Published Cheltenham : Stanley Thornes, 1997

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 MELB  616.07 Mer/Udp  AVAILABLE
Description xvi, 856 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Epidemiology -- 2. The causes of disease -- 3. The genetic basis of disease -- 4. The cellular basis of disease -- 5. Environment and health -- 6. Infectious diseases -- 7. Diet and disease -- 8. The biological basis of ageing -- 9. The impact of ageing -- 10. Principles of screening -- 11. Cohort screening and surveillance -- 12. Screening for coronary heart disease and stroke risk factors -- 13. Understanding cancer -- 14. Lung cancer -- 15. Breast cancer -- 16. Cervical cancer -- 17. Colorectal cancer -- 18. Prostate cancer -- 19. Peptic ulcers and gastric cancer -- 20. Atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease -- 21. Cystic fibrosis -- 22. Osteoporosis -- 23. Diabetes mellitus -- 24. Asthma -- 25. AIDS -- 26. Alzheimer's disease -- 27. Parkinson's disease
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
SUBJECT University of California publications in pathology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86706133
Subject Clinical medicine.
Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
Diseases.
Medicine, Preventive.
Pathology.
Pathology, Clinical.
Preventive Medicine.
Pathology.
Preventive Medicine.
ISBN 0748731784