| Description |
1 online resource (4,614 pages) : digital, PDF file, illustrations, maps |
| Summary |
"An authoritative and comprehensive guide to the major issues, challenges, methods, and approaches of global public health. This encyclopedia will cover all dimensions of the field, from details of specific diseases to the organization of social insurance agencies. A significant percentage of the articles will cover public health aspects of diseases and conditions. Other articles will survey aging, diet, injuries, ethical and legal subjects in public health, measurement and modeling, consumerism, anthropology and sociology, economics, the history of public health, and global issues."--Publisher description |
| Notes |
Title from ScienceDirect table of contents page (viewed September 30, 2009) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issuing Body |
Made available through ScienceDirect (Online service) |
| Subject |
Public health -- Encyclopedias.
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Public Health.
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Health Policy.
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National Health Programs.
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedia.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Heggenhougen, Kris.
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Quah, Stella R.
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Elsevier Science (Firm)
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ScienceDirect (Online service)
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| ISBN |
9780123739605 ebook |
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