Public Health category: 1911 books
by Mary Alison Durand, Tracey Chantler
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Using examples from a range of settings, this book provides a clear introduction to basic principles in social research.
Living in Death’s Shadow
Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
What is it like to live with—and love—someone whose death, while delayed, is nevertheless foretold? In Living in Death’s Shadow, Emily K. Abel, an expert on the history of death and dying, examines memoirs written between 1965 and 2014 by family members of people who died from chronic disease....
Food Justice in US and Global Contexts
Bringing Theory and Practice Together
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
This book offers fresh perspectives on issues of food justice. The chapters emerged from a series of annual workshops on food justice held at Michigan State University between 2013 and 2015, which brought together a wide variety of interested people to learn from and work with each other. Food justice...
Life and Death at Work
Industrial Accidents as a Case of Socially Produced Error
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
by Dom Colbert
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Specifically written for those preparing for examinations and practitioners in travel medicine, MCQs in Travel Medicine contains over 600 multiple choice questions with detailed explanations which both teach and challenge the reader. Questions are group by topic which is ideal for revision, enabling...
Persisting Undernutrition in India
Causes, Consequences and Possible Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
The book revisits the causes of persisting under nutrition in India, but moves away from the usual focus on women and children to a broader view of the entire population. It estimates the economic losses resulting from ignoring under nutrition in the adult working population and questions the current...
New and Future Developments in Catalysis
Catalytic Biomass Conversion
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
New and Future Developments in Catalysis is a package of books that compile the latest ideas concerning alternate and renewable energy sources and the role that catalysis plays in converting new renewable feedstock into biofuels and biochemicals. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic...
Sustainable Heavy Metal Remediation
Volume 2: Case studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2017
This book presents an assortment of case-studies pertaining to the use of sustainable technologies for heavy metal removal and recovery from mining and metallurgical wastes, construction and demolition wastes, spent catalysts and electronic wastes.
Wastewaters from diverse industrial and...
by Jerry L. McCaffery, Lawrence R. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2002
Mentoring Across Generations
Partnerships for Positive Youth Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Currently, blame for the difficulties facing youth is too often laid on one particular segment of the community - whether parents, school personnel or the children themselves. However, the problems of today's young people are problems for all generations.
In response, the past decade has seen unparalleled...
Fake Silk
The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations, and economics trumping safety concerns. It explores...
by Sarah Harper
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Predicting the shape of our future populations is vital for installing the infrastructure, welfare, and provisions necessary for society to survive. There are many opportunities and challenges that will come with the changes in our populations over the 21st century. In this new addition to the 21st...
Reproductive Toxicology
In Vitro Germ Cell Developmental Toxicology, from Science to Social and Industrial Demand
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Numerous reports demonstrate that the reproductive system could be affected by multiple potential toxicological agents. The volume includes different aspects of the development of new approaches to in vitro testing using sperm cells and systems involved on reproduction in mammals. Comparative analysis...
by Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
A gripping narrative about the origins and spread of the Zika virus by New York Times science reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Until recently, Zika—once considered a mild disease—was hardly a cause for global panic. But as early as August 2015, doctors in northeast Brazil began to notice a...