International Handbook of Public Health

by Ulrich Laaser and Klaus Hurrelmann

At the end of the 20th century, many of the major health problems facing highly industrialized nations stem from advanced technology, a richer diet, and lengthened life span. The scope of public health has greatly expanded. While health hazards to the public have increased, the strategies available to remedy them have grown commensurably. Public health has borrowed and adapted knowledge from the biological, medical, behavioral, and social sciences,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031329500X
• ISBN13: 9780313295003
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"