Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
AIDS-Related Cancers and Their Treatment AIDS-Related Cancers and Their Treatment Ellen G Feigal This book summarizes the etiology, presentation, and treatment of the complex symptoms, infections, and opportunistic cancers of people living with HIV/AIDS.Presents therapies that strike a balance b… OL15187927W
Drug injecting & HIV infection Drug injecting & HIV infection Gerry V. Stimson,Don C. Des Jarlais,Andrew Ball This is a comparative international study of drug injecting behaviour and HIV infection based on the World Health Organization's study of 13 cities as disparate as Athens, Bangkok, Glasgow and Rio de… OL16955255W
Epidemiology and the people's health Epidemiology and the people's health Nancy Krieger "Epidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its theoretical foundations are rarely articulated. While the idea of epidemiologic theory ma… OL16986549W
Risk, chance, and causation Risk, chance, and causation Michael B. Bracken "The press and other media constantly report news stories about dangerous chemicals in the environment, miracle cures, the safety of therapeutic treatments, and potential cancer-causing agents. But w… OL19664282W
Essentials of epidemiology in public health Essentials of epidemiology in public health Ann Aschengrau,George R., III Seage "This new text strives to provide students with a current, comprehensive introduction to principles applied in the practice of epidemiology in public health. It incorporates modern ideas in epidemiol… OL20713782W
Emerging infections Emerging infections Robert A. Salata,David A. Bobak The infection specialist remains at the front line of medical practice, not only for newly emerging diseases, but also due to the worrying occurrence of re-emerging infections. An expert editorial te… OL20798404W
The coming plague The coming plague Laurie Garrett This is an amazing book that Laura Garrett wrote back in the 90's. For anyone that has read the more popular book by Richard Preston "The Hot Zone" this is a must read. It is a much tighter more info… OL3373979W