Main entry:

O'Donovan, Diarmuid, MD.

Title & Author:

The state of health atlas : mapping the challenges and causes of disease / Diarmuid O'Donovan.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.

Description:

128 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-125) and index.
1: A picture of health -- Life expectancy -- Maternal health -- Child health -- 2: Determinants of health -- Poverty and inequality -- Education -- Food and nutrition -- Water and sanitation -- Housing conditions -- Working conditions -- Healthcare -- Tobacco -- Alcohol and drugs -- 3: Health problems -- Cancer -- Heart disease and stroke -- Diabetes -- Mental health -- Violence and abuse -- Injury -- Respiratory diseases -- Diarrhoeal diseases -- Vaccine-preventable diseases -- Sexually transmitted infections -- HIV/AIDS -- Tuberculosis -- Malaria -- 4: Public health challenges -- Urbanization -- Climate change -- War -- Pandemics -- Antimicrobial resistance -- Disability -- Ageing -- Unhealthy diets -- Human resources -- Health research -- Measuring health -- 5: Dates, definitions and data.

Summary:

This major profile of global health maps the prevalence and causes of disease as well as the economic, social, and environmental factors that influence well-being.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9780520254114
0520254112
9780520254107
0520254104

Subject:

Medical geography Maps.
World health Maps.
World health Statistics.
Diseases Causes and theories of causation Maps.
Health status indicators Maps.
Social indicators Maps.
Medical geography.
World health.
Diseases Causes and theories of causation.
Health status indicators.
Social indicators.
Epidemiology.
Global Health
Health Status
Topography, Medical
Health Status Indicators
Géographie médicale.
Santé mondiale.
Étiologie.
Indicateurs de santé.
Indicateurs sociaux.
Santé mondiale Statistiques.
Épidémiologie.
Ziekten.
Oorzaken.

Form/genre:

Atlas
Statistics
atlases.
Atlases
Maps
Statistiques.

Added entries:

Mackay, Judith. State of health atlas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317516
Call No.: 317516
Status: Available