Enigmas of Health and Disease : How Epidemiology Helps Unravel Scientific Mysteries
To solve enigmas of health and diseases, epidemiology has become a science that compares groups of people. Group comparisons are a tool to study the health effects of many aspects of human life, including lifestyle factors such as tobacco smoking, lack of exercise, excess caloric intake, oral contra...
| Main Author: | ALFREDO MORABIA |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Bahasa Inggris |
| Published: |
Columbia University Press
2014
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
To solve enigmas of health and diseases, epidemiology has become a
science that compares groups of people. Group comparisons are a tool to
study the health effects of many aspects of human life, including lifestyle
factors such as tobacco smoking, lack of exercise, excess caloric intake, oral
contraceptive use, alcohol; social conditions such as education, income,
occupation, and neighborhood; and environmental exposure such as air
pollution. Comparing groups is also at the core of the scientific methods
needed to assess the efficacy of medical procedures for prevention and
treatment |
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| ISBN: |
e book 635 |