Author: Leon Gordis
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 1437700519
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This popular book is written by the award-winning teacher, Dr. Leon Gordis of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He introduces the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in clear, concise writing and his inimitable style. This book provides an understanding of the key concepts in the following 3 fully updated sections: Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention; Section II: Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease; Section III: Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy. Clear, practical graphs and charts, cartoons, and review questions with answers reinforce the text and aid in comprehension. Utilizes new full-color format to enhance readability and clarity. Provides new and updated figures, references and concept examples to keep you absolutely current - new information has been added on Registration of Clinical Trials, Case-Cohort Design, Case-Crossover Design, and Sources and Impact of Uncertainty (disease topics include: Obesity, Asthma, Thyroid Cancer, Helicobacter Pylori and gastric/duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer, Mammography for women in their forties) - expanded topics include Person-time. Please note: electronic rights were not granted for several images in this product. Introduces both the underlying concepts as well as the practical uses of epidemiology in public health and in clinical practice. Systemizes learning and review with study questions in each section and an answer key and index. Illustrates textual information with clear and informative full-color illustrations, many created by the author and tested in the classroom.
Epidemiology
Author: Leon Gordis
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 1437700519
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This popular book is written by the award-winning teacher, Dr. Leon Gordis of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He introduces the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in clear, concise writing and his inimitable style. This book provides an understanding of the key concepts in the following 3 fully updated sections: Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention; Section II: Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease; Section III: Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy. Clear, practical graphs and charts, cartoons, and review questions with answers reinforce the text and aid in comprehension. Utilizes new full-color format to enhance readability and clarity. Provides new and updated figures, references and concept examples to keep you absolutely current - new information has been added on Registration of Clinical Trials, Case-Cohort Design, Case-Crossover Design, and Sources and Impact of Uncertainty (disease topics include: Obesity, Asthma, Thyroid Cancer, Helicobacter Pylori and gastric/duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer, Mammography for women in their forties) - expanded topics include Person-time. Please note: electronic rights were not granted for several images in this product. Introduces both the underlying concepts as well as the practical uses of epidemiology in public health and in clinical practice. Systemizes learning and review with study questions in each section and an answer key and index. Illustrates textual information with clear and informative full-color illustrations, many created by the author and tested in the classroom.
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 1437700519
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This popular book is written by the award-winning teacher, Dr. Leon Gordis of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He introduces the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in clear, concise writing and his inimitable style. This book provides an understanding of the key concepts in the following 3 fully updated sections: Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention; Section II: Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease; Section III: Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy. Clear, practical graphs and charts, cartoons, and review questions with answers reinforce the text and aid in comprehension. Utilizes new full-color format to enhance readability and clarity. Provides new and updated figures, references and concept examples to keep you absolutely current - new information has been added on Registration of Clinical Trials, Case-Cohort Design, Case-Crossover Design, and Sources and Impact of Uncertainty (disease topics include: Obesity, Asthma, Thyroid Cancer, Helicobacter Pylori and gastric/duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer, Mammography for women in their forties) - expanded topics include Person-time. Please note: electronic rights were not granted for several images in this product. Introduces both the underlying concepts as well as the practical uses of epidemiology in public health and in clinical practice. Systemizes learning and review with study questions in each section and an answer key and index. Illustrates textual information with clear and informative full-color illustrations, many created by the author and tested in the classroom.
Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1728
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communicable diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communicable diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Eric Dinerstein
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Approach; Major ecosystem types, major habitat types, and ecoregions of LAC; Conservation status of terretrial ecoregions of LAC; Biological distinctiveness of territorial ecoregions of LAC at different biogeographic scales results; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status; Conservation assessment of mangrove ecosystems.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Approach; Major ecosystem types, major habitat types, and ecoregions of LAC; Conservation status of terretrial ecoregions of LAC; Biological distinctiveness of territorial ecoregions of LAC at different biogeographic scales results; Integrating biological distinctiveness and conservation status; Conservation assessment of mangrove ecosystems.
Microbial Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity
Author: Jesús L. Romalde
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889630501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The great diversity of microbial life is the remaining major reservoir of unknown biological diversity on earth. To understand this vast, but largely unperceived diversity with its untapped genetic, enzymatic and industrial potential, microbial systematics is undergoing a revolutionary change in its approach to describe novel taxa based on genomic/envirogenomic information. The characterization of an organism is no longer bounded by methodological barriers, and it is now possible to fully sequence the whole genome of a strain to study individual genes, or to examine the genetic information by using different techniques. In fact, application of genomics is helping not only to provide a better understanding of the boundaries of genera and higher levels of classification, but also to refine our definition of the species concept. In addition, increased understanding of phylogeny is allowing to predict the genetic potential of microorganisms for biotechnological applications and adaptation to environmental changes. The present Research Topic on “Microbial Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity” compiles a collection of papers covering the use of genomic sequence data in microbial taxonomy and systematics, including evolutionary relatedness of microorganisms; application of comparative genomics in systematic studies; or metagenomic approaches for biodiversity studies. We hope that this eBook incentives and encourages researchers for future discussions on microbial taxonomy and phylogenetics.
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889630501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The great diversity of microbial life is the remaining major reservoir of unknown biological diversity on earth. To understand this vast, but largely unperceived diversity with its untapped genetic, enzymatic and industrial potential, microbial systematics is undergoing a revolutionary change in its approach to describe novel taxa based on genomic/envirogenomic information. The characterization of an organism is no longer bounded by methodological barriers, and it is now possible to fully sequence the whole genome of a strain to study individual genes, or to examine the genetic information by using different techniques. In fact, application of genomics is helping not only to provide a better understanding of the boundaries of genera and higher levels of classification, but also to refine our definition of the species concept. In addition, increased understanding of phylogeny is allowing to predict the genetic potential of microorganisms for biotechnological applications and adaptation to environmental changes. The present Research Topic on “Microbial Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity” compiles a collection of papers covering the use of genomic sequence data in microbial taxonomy and systematics, including evolutionary relatedness of microorganisms; application of comparative genomics in systematic studies; or metagenomic approaches for biodiversity studies. We hope that this eBook incentives and encourages researchers for future discussions on microbial taxonomy and phylogenetics.
Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Summary for Policymakers
Author: UN Environment
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108707688
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, the Summary for Policymakers of the sixth Global Environment Outlook provides an evidence-based source of environmental information to help policymakers in government, local authorities and businesses achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Since the first edition in 1997, there have been many examples of environmental improvement, especially where problems have been well identified, manageable, and where regulatory and technological solutions have been readily available. Nevertheless, the overall condition of the global environment has deteriorated and urgent action, involving ambitious and effective policies, is necessary to arrest and reverse this situation. This Summary for Policymakers answers key policy questions by assessing the drivers of environmental change, the scale and effectiveness of policy responses, potential pathways for achieving sustainability goals in an increasingly complex world, and the data and information that can support the decision-making process. Also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108707688
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Published to coincide with the Fourth United Nations Environmental Assembly, the Summary for Policymakers of the sixth Global Environment Outlook provides an evidence-based source of environmental information to help policymakers in government, local authorities and businesses achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Since the first edition in 1997, there have been many examples of environmental improvement, especially where problems have been well identified, manageable, and where regulatory and technological solutions have been readily available. Nevertheless, the overall condition of the global environment has deteriorated and urgent action, involving ambitious and effective policies, is necessary to arrest and reverse this situation. This Summary for Policymakers answers key policy questions by assessing the drivers of environmental change, the scale and effectiveness of policy responses, potential pathways for achieving sustainability goals in an increasingly complex world, and the data and information that can support the decision-making process. Also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Xenotransplantation
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309175267
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Xenotransplantation involves the transplantation of cells, tissues, and whole organs from one species to another. Interest in animal-to-human xenotransplants has been spurred by the continuing shortage of donated human organs and by advances in knowledge concerning the biology of organ and tissue rejection. The scientific advances and promise, however, raise complex questions that must be addressed. This book considers the scientific and medical feasibility of xenotransplantation and explores the ethical and public policy issues surrounding the possibility of renewed clinical trials. The volume focuses on the science base of xenotransplantation, public health risks of infectious disease transmission, and ethical and public policy issues, including the views of patients and their families.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309175267
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Xenotransplantation involves the transplantation of cells, tissues, and whole organs from one species to another. Interest in animal-to-human xenotransplants has been spurred by the continuing shortage of donated human organs and by advances in knowledge concerning the biology of organ and tissue rejection. The scientific advances and promise, however, raise complex questions that must be addressed. This book considers the scientific and medical feasibility of xenotransplantation and explores the ethical and public policy issues surrounding the possibility of renewed clinical trials. The volume focuses on the science base of xenotransplantation, public health risks of infectious disease transmission, and ethical and public policy issues, including the views of patients and their families.
Times Gone By
Author: Vicente Pérez Rosales
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198027829
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
These memoirs trace the wild and adventurous life of Pérez Rosales from his childhood up to the 1860s. During that approximately half-century he saw and did more than a dozen ordinary men. At age eleven in Argentina he witnessed the executions of Luis and Juan Jose Carrera. From there, his activities and adventures took him on several journeys on sailing vessels around Cape Horn; to Paris, where he witnessed the July revolution of 1830; to various commercial endeavors including a distillery, the practice of medicine, and cattle smuggling; into service as an advisor to an Argentine warlord; as a miner for precious metals in the north of Chile; as participant in the California Gold Rush in 1849; as director of the government's project for German immigration and settlement in the wild south of Chile; and also as Chilean consul and immigration agent in Hamburg. Around the world, Rosales lived through many of his era's watershed moments. His exciting memoirs offer a chance to relive the rush and chaos of these times--from a much safer vantage.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198027829
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
These memoirs trace the wild and adventurous life of Pérez Rosales from his childhood up to the 1860s. During that approximately half-century he saw and did more than a dozen ordinary men. At age eleven in Argentina he witnessed the executions of Luis and Juan Jose Carrera. From there, his activities and adventures took him on several journeys on sailing vessels around Cape Horn; to Paris, where he witnessed the July revolution of 1830; to various commercial endeavors including a distillery, the practice of medicine, and cattle smuggling; into service as an advisor to an Argentine warlord; as a miner for precious metals in the north of Chile; as participant in the California Gold Rush in 1849; as director of the government's project for German immigration and settlement in the wild south of Chile; and also as Chilean consul and immigration agent in Hamburg. Around the world, Rosales lived through many of his era's watershed moments. His exciting memoirs offer a chance to relive the rush and chaos of these times--from a much safer vantage.
Enfermedades Infecciosas Tropicales
Author: Richard L. Guerrant
Publisher: Elsevier España
ISBN: 9788481746181
Category : Medical
Languages : es
Pages : 722
Book Description
Esta obra se hace eco del riesgo cada vez mayor que suponen las enfermedades tropicales para la salud de la población, ya que un 80% de la población mundial se concentra en zonas tropicales y el 20% restante cada vez "tiene más que ver" con estas zonas debido al rápido aumento de los viajes internacionales a zonas "exóticas", la globalización, la industrialización del suministro de alimentos, etc., lo que hace que infecciones y microorganismos como el dengue, malaria, tuberculosis, VIH, virus del oeste del Nilo, Cyclospora, Escherichia coli y los microbios resistentes constituyan riesgos sin precedentes en todo el mundo. Como respuesta a este auge de las enfermedades tropicales, todos los profesionales sanitarios, médicos de atención primaria y especialistas en enfermedades infecciosas y medicina tropical tienen la necesidad crítica de identificar rápidamente y, en caso necesario, aislar y tratar adecuadamente, las enfermedades infecciosas tropicales, no sólo de las personas, sino de las poblaciones. Para lograr este objetivo, esta obra proporciona información clínica relevante para ayudar a la valoración, cuidado y tratamiento de los pacientes afectados por los distintos gérmenes patógenos bacterianos, fúngicos, parasitarios y víricos de los trópicos. Como respuesta a este auge de las enfermedades tropicales, todos los profesionales sanitarios tienen la necesidad crítica de identificar rápidamente y, en caso necesario, aislar y tratar adecuadamente, las enfermedades infecciosas tropicales, no sólo de las personas, sino de las poblaciones. Esta obra proporciona información clínica relevante para ayudar a la valoración, cuidado y tratamiento de los pacientes afectados por los distintos gérmenes patógenos bacterianos, fúngicos, parasitarios y víricos de los trópicos.
Publisher: Elsevier España
ISBN: 9788481746181
Category : Medical
Languages : es
Pages : 722
Book Description
Esta obra se hace eco del riesgo cada vez mayor que suponen las enfermedades tropicales para la salud de la población, ya que un 80% de la población mundial se concentra en zonas tropicales y el 20% restante cada vez "tiene más que ver" con estas zonas debido al rápido aumento de los viajes internacionales a zonas "exóticas", la globalización, la industrialización del suministro de alimentos, etc., lo que hace que infecciones y microorganismos como el dengue, malaria, tuberculosis, VIH, virus del oeste del Nilo, Cyclospora, Escherichia coli y los microbios resistentes constituyan riesgos sin precedentes en todo el mundo. Como respuesta a este auge de las enfermedades tropicales, todos los profesionales sanitarios, médicos de atención primaria y especialistas en enfermedades infecciosas y medicina tropical tienen la necesidad crítica de identificar rápidamente y, en caso necesario, aislar y tratar adecuadamente, las enfermedades infecciosas tropicales, no sólo de las personas, sino de las poblaciones. Para lograr este objetivo, esta obra proporciona información clínica relevante para ayudar a la valoración, cuidado y tratamiento de los pacientes afectados por los distintos gérmenes patógenos bacterianos, fúngicos, parasitarios y víricos de los trópicos. Como respuesta a este auge de las enfermedades tropicales, todos los profesionales sanitarios tienen la necesidad crítica de identificar rápidamente y, en caso necesario, aislar y tratar adecuadamente, las enfermedades infecciosas tropicales, no sólo de las personas, sino de las poblaciones. Esta obra proporciona información clínica relevante para ayudar a la valoración, cuidado y tratamiento de los pacientes afectados por los distintos gérmenes patógenos bacterianos, fúngicos, parasitarios y víricos de los trópicos.
Bacteria in Biology, Biotechnology and Medicine
Author: Paul Singleton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The 6th edition of this popular textbook covers the key areas of bacteriology, including morphology, multiplication, metabolism, genetics, bacteriophages, classification and the basic practical procedures used by bacteriologists.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The 6th edition of this popular textbook covers the key areas of bacteriology, including morphology, multiplication, metabolism, genetics, bacteriophages, classification and the basic practical procedures used by bacteriologists.