Public health & preventive medicine
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Public health & preventive medicine
Hardback. The first book to discuss milk from a comparative and evolutionary perspective, Power and Schulkin's masterpiece reveals the rich biological story of the common thread that connects all mammals. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21, 7 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBNH3; PSAJ; PSVH; PSVW7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 262 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420424
- ISBN
- 9781421420424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.60
€ 89.60
Paperback. Draws on popular examples and sound science to explain our expanding waistlines and to discuss the consequences of being overweight for different demographic groups. This title reviews the various studies of human and animal fat use and storage, including those that examine fat deposition and metabolism in men and women. Num Pages: 408 pages, 62, 16 black & white halftones, 46 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409603
- ISBN
- 9781421409603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.98
€ 43.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; MBNH; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408872680
- ISBN
- 9781408872680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. Provides an overview of the social and economic factors, the determinants of population health in modern societies. Providing summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life, this book includes chapters on ethnicity and health, sexual behaviours, the elderly, housing and neighbourhoods. Editor(s): Marmot, Michael; Wilkinson, Richard. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 maps, numerous tables and line illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 46. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198565895
- ISBN
- 9780198565895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.79
€ 110.79
Flexibound. A unique and concise English-Chinese medical dictionary. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 137 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1400.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (China) Ltd China
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195932379
- ISBN
- 9780195932379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.38
€ 52.38
Hardback. This book is unique in that it will appeal to practitioners, policy makers, and commissioners in health and social care practice and education who buy in to the principles of service user engagement, but who find it hard to know how to progress the practicalities. Series: Promoting Partnership for Health. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405184328
- ISBN
- 9781405184328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.18
€ 83.18
Hardback. Through compelling examples, case studies, and exercises, Social Work Practice and Social Justice goes beyond a discussion of abstract social justice concepts and goals by focusing on how concepts can be used as guides for socially just practice at the interpersonal, organizational, community, and societal levels. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN; JMH; MBN; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199893010
- ISBN
- 9780199893010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.29
€ 133.29
Hardcover. Systems Biology is now entering a mature phase in which the key issues are characterising uncertainty and stochastic effects in mathematical models of biological systems. The area is moving towards a full statistical analysis and probabilistic reasoning over the inferences that can be made from mathematical models. Num Pages: 530 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 192 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470710869
- ISBN
- 9780470710869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.06
€ 249.06
Paperback. An account by Michael Werner where he describes how he stopped eating in 2001 and has survived well without food ever since. Werner also describes in detail how and why he came to give up food, and what his life is like without it. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: MBNH3; PSB; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570058
- ISBN
- 9781905570058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.32
€ 17.99
€ 14.32
Hardcover. Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge. Its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. Series: History of the Urban Environment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; MBNS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944461
- ISBN
- 9780822944461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.18
€ 76.18
Paperback. This book addresses the larger issues being addressed by paleomicrobiology, reviews the technical approaches and controversies attendant upon recovering and sequencing very old DNA, and surveys a number of modern diseases of humans with ancient roots. It will be of very great interest to microbiologists, anthropologists and medical historians. Editor(s): Drancourt, Michel; Raoult, Didier. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: MBNS; PSD; PSG; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 13. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Amer Society for Microbiology
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555819163
- ISBN
- 9781555819163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.60
€ 90.60
Paperback. Michel Odent, the leading pioneer for natural childbirth, indicates that the period between conception and a child's first birthday is critical to life-long health. Here, he argues that different parts of the 'primal adaptive system' develop, regulate and adjust themselves during foetal life and the time around birth and infancy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; MJTF; MJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 344. Understanding the Critical Period Between Conception and the First Birthday. 240 pages. Michel Odent, the leading pioneer for natural childbirth, indicates that the period between conception and a child's first birthday is critical to life-long health. Here, he argues that different parts of the 'primal adaptive system' develop, regulate and adjust themselves during foetal life and the time around birth and infancy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: MBN; MJTF; MJW. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 21. Weight: 346.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570089
- ISBN
- 9781905570089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.48
€ 16.99
€ 13.48
Spiral bound. A comprehensive guide to teaching sex education to people with learning disabilities. Editor(s): McCarthy, Michelle. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNS; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 315 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1856.
- Publisher
- Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
- Format
- Spiralbound
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911028406
- ISBN
- 9781911028406
Spiralbound
Condition: New
€ 182.68
€ 182.68
Paperback. For everyone who wants to learn what we can all do to help more people survive sudden cardiac arrest Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 38 illus. BIC Classification: MBNH; MJD; MMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992464
- ISBN
- 9780295992464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.28
€ 37.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. Since their mass-resettlement to the Levant in the wake of the First World War, the Armenian communities of Lebanon and Syria appear to have successfully maintained a distinct identity. This book shows that, in Lebanon the state has facilitated development of an extensive and effective system of Armenian ethno-cultural preservation. Editor(s): Inhorn, Marcia C. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSJ1; JHBF; MBNH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453527
- ISBN
- 9781845453527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.30
€ 161.30
Paperback. This book examines the importance of ethnic and cultural factors for community health practice. The first in a new series of book from Jossey-Bass and the American Association for Health Education, this text describes essential theories, models, and practices for working with race, ethnicity, gender, and social issues. Series: Public Health/AAHE. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118347492
- ISBN
- 9781118347492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.15
€ 92.15
Hardcover. Mineral elements are found in foods and drink of all different types, from drinking water through to mothers milk. The search for mineral elements has shown that many trace and ultratrace-level elements presented in food are required for a healthy life. Num Pages: 792 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH3; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 192 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118654361
- ISBN
- 9781118654361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 294.05
€ 294.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Owens, Miguel. Num Pages: 71 pages. BIC Classification: JFFU; MBNH2; PNN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 71
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634839082
- ISBN
- 9781634839082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 190.94€ 140.88
€ 190.94
€ 140.88
Hardcover. Nutrition in Epigenetics covers recent progress in the role that nutrition plays in the regulation of epigenetic processes and their inheritance. Editor(s): Niculescu, Mihai D.; Haggarty, Paul. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813816050
- ISBN
- 9780813816050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.23
€ 251.23
Paperback. In Ever Seen a Fat Fox?: Human Obesity Explored Professor Mike Gibney traces the evolution of our modern diet and looks to science to offer solutions to the phenomenon of human obesity. He calls on governments to cease the single-issue ad-hoc approach and demands a massive governmental long-term investment in weight management. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 253 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910820087
- ISBN
- 9781910820087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 16.97
€ 20.00
€ 16.97