Global Handbook on Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion

by David V. McQueen

Book Overview

Global Handbook on Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion

David V. McQueen, editor

A scan of health challenges around the globe readily brings to mind a range of infectious illnesses, from HIV to influenza. Yet chronic non-contagious conditions--heart disease, asthma, diabetes, cancer--are more prevalent, and their rates soaring, across the developed and developing worlds.

The Global Handbook on Noncommunicable Diseases...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461475937
• ISBN13: 9781461475934
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 481 Pages
• Weight: 2.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"