Public health & preventive medicine
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Public health & preventive medicine
Paperback. Examines ten years worth of men's and women's health and fitness magazines to determine the ways in which bodies are "made" in today's culture Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719688
- ISBN
- 9780814719688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. Antioxidants and Functional Components in Aquatic Foods compiles for the first time the past and present research done on pro and antioxidants in aquatic animals. The book addresses an area of extreme importance for aquatic foods, since lipid oxidation leads to such a large number of quality problems. Editor(s): Kristinsson, Hordur G. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH3; PN; TT; TVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813813677
- ISBN
- 9780813813677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.82
€ 221.82
paperback. This book tells the stories of the workers, the young people who will be future workers, and retired people who feel capitalism in their very bodies, as they work to define what it means to be healthy in America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHMC; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804771580
- ISBN
- 9780804771580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. In a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, this richly drawn ethnography traces the global commodity chain between U.S. consumer and Maya farmer, examining the connections between desire and material production. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFT; KNAC; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754842
- ISBN
- 9780804754842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Paperback. This book examines the structure and impact of the SARS epidemic, and its short- and medium-range implications for an interconnected, globalized world. In so doing, it poses a question of the greatest possible significance: Can we learn from SARS before the next pandemic? Editor(s): Kleinman, Arthur; Watson, James L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; MBNS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753142
- ISBN
- 9780804753142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. More than 800 people lost their lives when the steamer Eastland capsized in the Chicago River in 1915. This is the full story, with more than 100 illustrations, of the worst disaster of any kind in the history of Chicago and the worst in the history of the Great Lakes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804728010
- ISBN
- 9780804728010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Mary Felstiner went to bed one night an active professional and healthy young mother and woke the next morning literally out of joint. With hands and arms no longer working right, she had discovered a first sign of rheumatoid arthritis. This book tells both the personal and the public story of this prevalent yet neglected disease. Series: American Lives. Num Pages: 222 pages, 9 phtotographs. BIC Classification: MBNH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3734 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260290
- ISBN
- 9780803260290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 50, charts. BIC Classification: MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 183 x 29. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801448188
- ISBN
- 9780801448188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Hardcover. Informing American Health Care Policy provides a critical perspective on the National Medical ExpAnditure Surveys (NMES) and how these surveys have responded to the sometimes conflicting challenges of policy and research. Series: The Jossey-Bass health series. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFN; MBN; MBPM; VF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787945992
- ISBN
- 9780787945992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.14
€ 100.14
Hardcover. A study of a major initiative that is changing the course of medical education - the Community Partnerships, sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787901509
- ISBN
- 9780787901509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.98
€ 79.98
Hardback. Everyday Exposure documents the adverse health effects experienced by Aamjiwnaang citizens in the heart of Canada's Chemical Valley and argues for a transformative and experiential "sensing policy" approach that takes the voices and experiences of Indigenous citizens seriously. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3 photo essays, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LNKJ; MBNH2; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774832632
- ISBN
- 9780774832632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.50
€ 106.50
Hardback. Lays out new strategies for advocacy groups to achieve a sustainable, healthy food system. Editor(s): MacRae, Rod; Abergel, Elisabeth. Series: Sustainability & the Environment. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; MBNH3; RNFF; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822688
- ISBN
- 9780774822688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.10
€ 106.10
Paperback. Explores the professional practice of health promotion and, in particular, how individuals and organizations can become more effective in undertaking and supporting such practice. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774811514
- ISBN
- 9780774811514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.36
€ 40.99
€ 36.36
Hardback. Offers a critique of biomedical approaches to personal and public health, and calls for more sociological input, qualitative research and an intersectional approach to help us understand various aspects of health and illness. This volume is about gender, health and medicine broadly defined. Editor(s): Segal, Marcia Texler; Demos, Vasilikie P.; Kronenfeld, Jennie. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780762310586
- ISBN
- 9780762310586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.30
€ 140.30
Hardcover. Health communication is key to promoting good population and individual health outcomes. As the field has developed, there is a growing need for a critical appraisal of the ideologies and theories underpinning health communication to ensure effective practice. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH; MBN; VF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745697727
- ISBN
- 9780745697727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. Today, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern 'plagues' like Ebola. In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh Pennington explores why these fears remain and why they are unfounded. Series: New Human Frontiers. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690797
- ISBN
- 9780745690797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.57
€ 53.57
Hardback. The perfect guide for anyone who wants to know more about genetically modified crops -- and why they're a problem Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: KNDF; MBNH2; RNT; TVB; WB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745324401
- ISBN
- 9780745324401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.57€ 83.19
€ 100.57
€ 83.19
Paperback. A major new interpretation in the epidemiology of HIV and aids in Southern Africa Num Pages: 268 pages, 53 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFM; MBNS; MJCJ2; RGC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745311241
- ISBN
- 9780745311241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.79
€ 40.99
€ 26.79
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614236
- ISBN
- 9780691614236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 50.98
€ 65.07
€ 50.98
Paperback. Health and the Sociology of Emotions offers an appraisal of the current lively debates which challenge the contribution of the sociology of emotion to health, and of sociology of health and illness to a sociological understanding of emotion. Editor(s): James, Veronica; Gabe, Jonathan. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JMH; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203513
- ISBN
- 9780631203513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. * Unique in sociological literature* Encourages dialogue between sociology of health and sociology of risk* Addresses both personal and public health issues. . Editor(s): Gabe, Jonathan. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631194842
- ISBN
- 9780631194842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.43
€ 28.43
Hardcover. MDI and TDI are polymer building blocks with a wide range of applications in industry. Both are used in large quantities and can be found in a wide variety of industries and applications. As there use will often involve large numbers of workers they are also subject to stringent health and safety regulations. Editor(s): Allport, D. C.; Gilbert, D. S.; Outterside, S. M. Num Pages: 460 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KNXC; MBN; PNNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 270 x 203 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd New York
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471958123
- ISBN
- 9780471958123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.14
€ 209.14
Hardback. Representing the proceedings of the 2nd Ceres Conference on Food and Nutrition, held in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, USA in 1991, this volume discusses such topics as the international regulation of food, the acceptance of bioengineered food and international tariffs for food products. Editor(s): Gaull, Gerald E.; Goldberg, Ray A. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNAC; MBNH3; TDCT; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471590729
- ISBN
- 9780471590729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.89
€ 242.89
Paperback. Based on research in both American and foreign archives, this first book-length study of doping in the Olympics connects the use and regulation of performance-enhancing drugs to developments in the larger global environment. Series: Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNH; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737495
- ISBN
- 9780292737495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.28
€ 26.99
€ 25.28