Public health and preventive medicine Books

Introduction.- Assessing human and economic benefits of cancer prevention.- The role of diet, physical activity and body composition in cancer prevention.- Innate and adaptive immune responses to cancer.- Hereditary risk for cancer.- Human categories and...

Cognitive science is a multidisciplinary science concerned with understanding and utilizing models of cognition. It has spawned a great dealof research on applications such as expert systems and intelligent tutoring...

History of Adolescent Oncology.- Epidemiology and Etiology of Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults.- Access to Care Before and During Therapy.- Older Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer, and Clinical Trials: Lack of Participation and Progress in...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Public Health, Note: 1,7, Universität Bremen (ZeS), Veranstaltung: Gesundheitspolitik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Gesundheitsfonds - von der großen Koalition ins Leben gerufen, von vielen...

Skript aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Public Health, Note: ohne Benotung, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Betreuung muslimischer Patienten gehört spätestens seit der Anwerbung ausländischer Mitarbeiter vor über 40 Jahren bei uns zum...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: 1,3, APOLLON Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft in Bremen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der heutigen Zeit gewinnen Suchterkrankungen immer mehr an Bedeutung für...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Public Health, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften Fachhochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Alle Unternehmen aus unterschiedlichen Branchen sind...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Public Health, Note: 2,0, Universität Bayreuth, Veranstaltung: Sektoren im Gesundheitswesen und ihre Vernetzung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Ausgaben der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Health - Public Health, Reitoria da Universidade de Cabo Verde , course: Bacharelato Biologia Marinha e Pescas, language: Portuguese, abstract: O termo glicemia é utilizado para denominar o nível de...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Health - Public Health, Reitoria da Universidade de Cabo Verde , language: Portuguese, abstract: Detectar a presença de hiperglicemia em jejum, é uma forma de avaliar ou prever a diabetes mellitus tipo 2...

Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Public Health, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Neubrandenburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die sich abzeichnende Veränderung der Leistungen und der Leistungsprozesse im Gesundheitssystem bedingt neue...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Coburg (FH), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In vielen literarischen Werken findet die Thematik Epilepsie Verwendung. In dem Buch „Der Idiot" von Fjodor...

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Hurrelmann bezeichnet Sozialisation als „den Prozess der Entwicklung der Persönlichkeit in produktiver Auseinandersetzung mit...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: 1,3, Universität zu Köln (Seminar für Soziologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit soll untersucht werden, in welchem Maße eine...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: 2,0, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit stellt die Telemedizin in den Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: 2,3, Universität Augsburg (Philosophisch-sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: „Natur Pur - Mit Freunden Abenteuerluft schnuppern" wirbt...

Wissenschaftliche Studie aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: 1,7, Universität Trier, Veranstaltung: Praxisbezogene Studienform zum Thema Prävention, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Eine gesunde Ernährungsweise hilft,...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: keine, Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (Universitäres Institut Alter und Generationen (INAG)), Veranstaltung: Interdisziplinäre Gerontologie, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Plant breeding has undergone a period of very rapid and significant development in recent years and the area of fruit breeding is no exception. This book provides a balanced, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the...

The field of endocrine disruption or endocrine active compounds (EACs), which is just emerging and still controversial, is comprehensively covered by leading experts in Volume 3, Subvolumes L (Part I) and M (the present volume,...

Drinking water quality has been a matter of concern for several decades. Disinfection of drinking water improves its microbiological quality and prevents disease outbreaks. However, continuously increasing scientific research...

In Industrieländern ist der Einsatz von Pharmaka fester Bestandteil des Alltags. Der Verbleib dieser Stoffe nach ihrer Verwendung sowie die Entsorgung ungebrauchter Produkte sind wichtige Fragen, die unmittelbar aus der...

In 2004 an amount of 187 tons of palladium has been sold in world market. The main demands were automotive catalyst (58%), electronics (14%), jewellery (14%) and dental practises (13%). Especially, the increasing use of...

Prävention lässt sich am besten mit vorausschauender Problemvermeidung übersetzen. Seit der Ottawa-Charta der Weltgesundheitsorganisation gelten Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung als die geeignetsten Instrumente, dem...

Nuclear ftedicine is not and has not been a purely imaging discipline. It is function analysis that has always been the focal pOint. This fact has become particularly obvious in the last few years through the employment of nev...

This volume addresses a broad spectrum of the environmental issues surrounding organic bromine and iodine compounds. It covers their partition among the environmental compartments and the potential for their long-range...

This book describes how epigenetic context, in a large sense, affects gene expression and the development of an organism, using the asymptotic limit theorems of information theory to construct statistical models useful in data analysis. The approach...

This fully revised and updated new edition provides a comprehensive look at nitrite and nitrate and their effect on human health and disease. The first section describes the biochemical analysis of nitrite and nitrate and its role in human physiology...

This insightful volume integrates criminological theories, prevention science, and empirical findings to create an up-to-date survey of crime prevention research and strategies. Its interdisciplinary perspective expands on our knowledge of risk factors...

This book demonstrates different statistical techniques for analyzing health-related data as well as providing new techniques for forecasting and/or projecting the incidence of diseases/disorders. It presents information on a variety of health related...

Including comprehensive coverage of health disparities commonly encountered in pediatric and adult pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, Achieving Respiratory Health Equality in the United States provides a definitive reference...

This third edition reviews the epidemiology, policies, programs and outcome indicators that are used to determine improvements in nutrition and health that lead to development.  This greatly expanded third edition provides policy makers,...

This book provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art of nonlinear time series analysis, richly illustrated with examples, pseudocode algorithms and real-world applications. Avoiding a "theorem-proof" format, it shows concrete...

This contributed volume explores the emerging intersection between big data analytics and genomics. Recent sequencing technologies have enabled high-throughput sequencing data generation for genomics resulting in several international projects which have...

School lunch is often regarded as a necessary but inconvenient distraction from the real work of education. Lunch, in this view, is about providing students the nourishment they need in order to attend to academic content and the tests that assess...

This book is comprised of the presentations delivered at the 25th ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, on June 12-15, 2016. This symposium attracted more than 700 statisticians and data scientists working in academia,...

This volume provides an overview of recent advances in our understanding of the biology of marburg- and ebolaviruses. It focuses on four essential areas: 1) ecology, outbreaks and clinical management, 2) disease, pathogenesis and protection, 3) virus...

1: Editors' Introduction: Jutta Lindert, Armen T. Marsoobian.- Part I: The Concept of Genocide and the Role of Memory: 2: Definitions and Concepts of Genocide: Lemkin and the Concept of Genocide: Steve Leonard Jacobs.- 3: Conceptions of Genocide and the...

This textbook for graduate students in statistics, data science, and public health deals with the practical challenges that come with big, complex, and dynamic data. It presents a scientific roadmap to translate real-world data science...

This book introduces and applies the stochastic modeling techniques and the first exit time theory in demography through describing the theory related to the health state of a population and the introduced health state function. The book provides the...

This unique volume advances the literature on sleep and health by illuminating the impacts of family dynamics on individuals' quality and quantity of sleep. Its lifespan perspective extends across childhood, adolescence, adulthood and older age...

This book aims at exploring the link between corporate and organizational culture, public and private policies, leadership and managerial skills or attitudes, and the successful implementation of work-related healthcare in Europe. Therefore it brings...

This book contains a rich set of tools for nonparametric analyses, and the purpose of this text is to provide guidance to students and professional researchers on how R is used for nonparametric data analysis in the biological sciences:To introduce when...

This book focuses on statistical methods for the analysis of discrete failure times. Failure time analysis is one of the most important fields in statistical research, with applications affecting a wide range of disciplines, in particular, demography,...

This handbook fills major gaps in the child and adolescent mental health literature by focusing on the unique challenges and resiliencies of African American youth. It combines a cultural perspective on the needs of the population with best-practice...

This book provides an introduction to decision analytic cost-effectiveness modelling, giving the theoretical and practical knowledge required to design and implement analyses that meet the methodological standards of health technology assessment...