Human Physical Health
Part of Cambridge Social Biology Topics
- Author: Dennis Taylor
- Date Published: October 1989
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521313063
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This series in intended for those students following advanced level social biology and related syllabuses. Each text deals with a specific topic area and the series as a whole provides a stimulating introduction to a subject of growing importance. The control of disease and the active encouragement of good health is a major priority of nations worldwide. This book gives a detailed study of a number of diseases and health problems from which common themes and underlying principles emerge. Details of transmission, treatment and control are covered as well as epidemiology and sociooeconomic factors - particularly the implications of AIDS. Topics range from infectious diseases, pulmonary disease and malaria to immunology, transplantation and physical fitness.
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- Date Published: October 1989
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521313063
- length: 132 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 8 mm
- weight: 0.21kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Health and disease - some basic principles
2. Some infectious diseases caused by viruses and bacteria
3. Sexually transmitted diseases
4. Malaria
5. Immunology
6. Transplantation
7. Pulmonary diseases
8. Cardiovascular diseases
9. Physical fitness
Further reading
Index.
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