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Public health & preventive medicine

Paperback. Mary Felstiner went to bed one night an active professional and healthy young mother and woke the next morning literally out of joint. With hands and arms no longer working right, she had discovered a first sign of rheumatoid arthritis. This book tells both the personal and the public story of this prevalent yet neglected disease. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 222 pages, 9 phtotographs. BIC Classification: MBNH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3734 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260290
ISBN
9780803260290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.07

Paperback. More than 800 people lost their lives when the steamer Eastland capsized in the Chicago River in 1915. This is the full story, with more than 100 illustrations, of the worst disaster of any kind in the history of Chicago and the worst in the history of the Great Lakes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804728010
ISBN
9780804728010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.56

Paperback. This book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Watson, James L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; MBNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753142
ISBN
9780804753142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. In a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, this richly drawn ethnography traces the global commodity chain between U.S. consumer and Maya farmer, examining the connections between desire and material production. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFT; KNAC; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754842
ISBN
9780804754842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.45

paperback. This book tells the stories of the workers, the young people who will be future workers, and retired people who feel capitalism in their very bodies, as they work to define what it means to be healthy in America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804771580
ISBN
9780804771580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.66

Hardback. Antioxidants and Functional Components in Aquatic Foods compiles for the first time the past and present research done on pro and antioxidants in aquatic animals. The book addresses an area of extreme importance for aquatic foods, since lipid oxidation leads to such a large number of quality problems. Editor(s): Kristinsson, Hordur G. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH3; PN; TT; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813813677
ISBN
9780813813677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 218.80

Paperback. Examines ten years worth of men's and women's health and fitness magazines to determine the ways in which bodies are "made" in today's culture Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719688
ISBN
9780814719688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. The dramatic story of human bodies that no longer behave in a manner modern medicine can predict and control Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBNH2; MMR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814747520
ISBN
9780814747520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MBNH3; MMZD; VFJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816624355
ISBN
9780816624355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH; MBNS; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816632800
ISBN
9780816632800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Presents a comprehensive collection of writings, including essays from the 1980s and 1990s that present an argument about the AIDS epidemic. The author addresses a range of issues, from biomedical discourse and theories of pathogenesis to the mainstream media's depictions of the crisis in both developed and developing countries. Num Pages: 496 pages, 83 b&w images. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; MBNS; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 38. Weight in Grams: 807.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323181
ISBN
9780822323181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.76

Hardback. The story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFH2; MBNH; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780822348627
ISBN
9780822348627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.36

Hardback. As part of the agreement for Greece to join the EU, the country had to undertake a massive psychiatric reform, moving patients out of custodial hospitals and returning them to the community to be treated as outpatients. In this subtle ethnography, Elizabeth Davis shows how this played out at the edge of the nation, in the border region of Thrace. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHMP; JKS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822350934
ISBN
9780822350934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.05

Hardback. An ethnography of post-Soviet Cuba s health-care sector which reveals Cuba to be a pragmatic and contradictory state. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351948
ISBN
9780822351948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.02

Hardback. This gripping book narrates the efforts to identify a strange disease that killed thirty-eight people in a Venezuelan rainforest between 2007 and 2008 and sketches out systematic health inequities regarding the rights to produce and circulate knowledge about health throughout indigenous communities. Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 344 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 613.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361053
ISBN
9780822361053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.41

Hardback. Series: Research in Community & Mental Health S. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; MBN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 715.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892320639
ISBN
9780892320639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.02

Hardback. Series: Research in Community & Mental Health S. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; MBN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 697.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892321520
ISBN
9780892321520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.02

Hardback. A comprehensive guidebook to the current methodologies and practices used in health surveys A unique and self-contained resource, Handbook of Health Survey Methods presents techniques necessary for confronting challenges that are specific to health survey research. Editor(s): Johnson, Timothy P. Series: Wiley Handbooks in Survey Methodology. Num Pages: 840 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1274.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
840
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118002322
ISBN
9781118002322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.27

Paperback. A public health approach to the US food system Introduction to the US Food System: Public Health, Environment, and Equity is a comprehensive and engaging textbook that offers students an overview of today's US food system, with particular focus on the food system's interrelationships with public health, the environment, equity, and society. Editor(s): Neff, Roni. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations, colour tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNAC; MBN; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118063385
ISBN
9781118063385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.19

Hardcover. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH2; MMFM; PSG; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118145296
ISBN
9781118145296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.53

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