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  • Vitamin K and Vitamin K-Dependent Proteins in Relation to Human Health
    This Special Issue of Nutrients focuses on advances that extend our knowledge of the biochemical functions and health roles played by both the micronutrient vitamin K and its target Gla proteins.  The scope of potential topics is wide and may include studies in population and patient groups, animal models and at the cellular level.  Examples include the presentation, diagnosis,...
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    59,72 €

  • Nutrition and Allergic Diseases
    The purpose of this Special Issue, “Nutrition and Allergic Diseases”, is to provide an overview of the role of nutrition in allergy. The prevalence of asthma, rhinitis, and food allergy has increased tremendously over the last few decades. Is there a role for nutrition to help managing this global challenge? This Special Issue touches upon the many aspects that relate to nutrit...
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    67,87 €

  • Stakeholder Health
    Stakeholder Health: Insights from New Systems of Health, developed with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is a rich and detailed review of some of the best practices in the areas of community health improvement, as well as clinical and community partnerships, spanning 11 chapters. The chapters range from a crisp review of the social determinants or drivers of hea...
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    25,40 €

  • Public Health Genomics and International Wealth Creation
    E. William Ebomoyi / EWilliam Ebomoyi
    In 2003, the secrets of the human genome were cracked open, creating a flurry of anticipation (and more than a little commercial buzz) about the role that genetic modification would play in years to come. This burgeoning field stands poised to redefine old paradigms and reshape industries such as medicine, agriculture, pharmacology, and biotechnology. Public Health Genomics and...
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    308,62 €

  • Social, Economic, and Political Perspectives on Public Health Policy-Making
    Presently, the healthcare industry is grappling with many challenges both nationally and globally, including escalating costs, a move to a preventative care environment and a technology savvy patient with high expectations. To accommodate the changing health demands of the current global population, public healthcare policy must undergo a critical analysis. Social, Economic, an...
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    255,92 €

  • Examining the Role of Environmental Change on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pandemics
    Maha Bouzid
    Climate change is one of the most widely debated and worrisome topics of our time. As environmental changes become more prevalent, there has been evidence to suggest that there is a correlation between the environment and a substantial increase of infectious diseases and viruses around the globe. Examining the Role of Environmental Change on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pan...
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    262,43 €

  • US Health
    Lykourkos Liaropoulos
    HOW TO FINANCE AND DELIVER HEALTH CAREHealth has been one of the most frequent issues arising in the Social Policy debate for the last 60 or more years. The answers given vary according to political ideology, economic expediency, and the moral standing of individuals and society. The sources of funding are essentially two: either the individual directly, or a larger group actin...
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    16,72 €

  • The Logic of Vegetarianism
    Henry S. Salt
    In preparing this 'Logic of Vegetarianism' for a new edition, I have carefully re-read a sheaf of press opinions which greeted the first appearance of the book some seven years ago, with the hope of profiting by any adverse criticism which might point out arguments that I had overlooked. In this, however, I have been disappointed, for, apart from a few such objections as that r...
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    12,11 €

  • Mind And Body
    William Walker Atkinson
    Mind and Body - Mental States and Physical Conditions To the mind of those who have contented themselves with merely the superficial aspects of things, these two things, mind and body; and mental states and physical conditions, seem to be as far apart as the two poles; seem to be opposites and contradictories impossible of reconciliation. But to those who have penetrated beneat...
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    12,11 €

  • Bojayá, Chocó: contribuciones para la atención integral en salud a sobrevivientes del conflicto armado interno colombiano
    Zulma Consuelo Urrego Mendoza
    Como resultado de una investigación desarrollada durante varios años, el libro presenta las condiciones de salud en los supervivientes directos de la Masacre de Bojayá y propone rutas para la atención integral en salud de las afectaciones que permanecen aún insatisfechas, más de veinte años después de ocurrido el evento violento, representado por el estallido de un artefacto ex...
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    20,80 €

  • Principles of Public Health
    Thomas Dyer Tuttle
    The earliest history of remote ages describes methods employed in combating disease, and down through all the centuries the struggle against infection has been going on. The science of health as applied in recent years reveals wonderful progress in the avoidance of disease, and in the control of the violent epidemics by which in the past nations were almost exterminated. Modern...
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    14,29 €

  • Equal Care
    Seth A Berkowitz
    Introduces a vision for the future of health equity and explains practical policy measures for how to achieve it.Health inequity is one of the defining problems of our time. But current efforts to address the problem focus on mitigating the harms of injustice rather than confronting injustice itself. In Equal Care, Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, offers an innovative vision for the...
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    57,20 €

  • Built Environment and Population Health in Small-Town America
    Mahbub Rashid
    A groundbreaking look at the complex relationship between the built environment and population health in small-town America.The links between urban settings and health issues are well established, but the built environments of smaller cities and towns also play a crucial role in population well-being. In this book, Mahbub Rashid--who employs innovative spatial and social networ...
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    69,91 €

  • Immersive Technologies In Healthcare
    Mbuso Mabuza
    Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are being increasingly used in healthcare, and especially in patient education. Although these two technologies are very similar, virtual reality engages users by transposing their virtual avatars into an artificial environment for users to interact with, while augmented reality engages users in the real environment by overlaying ...
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    19,81 €

  • Blockchain Technology In Healthcare And Medicine
    Mbuso Mabuza
    We live in an era of the digital health revolution where technological and knowledge breakthroughs greatly enhance the care we deliver to patients. However, our healthcare system still holds many friction points.This book examines cases where Blockchain can be a leverage to address some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Blockchain technology, sometimes considered as the next ...
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    19,81 €

  • Health Data Analytics And Informatics
    Mbuso Mabuza
    With the advent of big data analytics and informatics, and its associated technologies, a rapid growth in career opportunities, coupled with continual technological innovation, has led to an increasing need for qualified professionals who are able to analyse big data and manage technology and information in the healthcare industry.This book is designed to help you meet that nee...
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    22,56 €

  • The Book on Masks
    Philip Buckler
    Color hardcover edition. What drove people all over the world to wear masks for so long starting in 2020? It wasn’t just the mandates.Delve into all aspects of the worldwide mania for face coverings. Accessible yet profoundly detailed, The Book on Masks is packed with meticulously gathered information and supported by hundreds of direct citations to publicly available sources.D...
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    133,53 €

  • Viruses and Reproductive Injustice
    Ilana Löwy
    Brazil’s Zika outbreak revealed extreme health disparities and reproductive injustice across racial and socioeconomic lines.Brazil’s 2015 Zika outbreak led to severe illnesses for many and the birth of several thousands of children with severe brain damage. Even though mosquito-borne diseases such as the Zika virus affect people across society, these children were born almost e...
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    77,17 €

  • The Book on Masks
    Philip Buckler
    Black and white paperback edition. What drove people all over the world to wear masks for so long starting in 2020? It wasn’t just the mandates.Delve into all aspects of the worldwide mania for face coverings. Accessible yet profoundly detailed, The Book on Masks is packed with meticulously gathered information and supported by hundreds of direct citations to publicly available...
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    59,53 €

  • The Book on Masks
    Philip Buckler
    What drove people all over the world to wear masks for so long starting in 2020? It wasn’t just the mandates.Delve into all aspects of the worldwide mania for face coverings. Accessible yet profoundly detailed, The Book on Masks is packed with meticulously gathered information and supported by hundreds of direct citations to publicly available sources.Drawing on a diverse range...
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    103,10 €

  • Imagining Air
    Tatiana Konrad
    This book takes a comprehensive approach to new ways of thinking about air and its ways of relating to the world, through society, place, objects, environments, and technologies. It seeks to represent the broad spectrum of air and the politics of invisibility that reflect the complex and often conflicted nature of lives today. ...
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    127,99 €

  • Imagining Air
    Tatiana Konrad
    This book takes a comprehensive approach to new ways of thinking about air and its ways of relating to the world, through society, place, objects, environments, and technologies. It seeks to represent the broad spectrum of air and the politics of invisibility that reflect the complex and often conflicted nature of lives today. ...
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    50,65 €

  • Nothing But Nets
    Kirsten Moore-Sheeley
    How insecticide-treated bed nets became a staple of global public health initiatives and reshaped health practices in Africa and beyond.Distributed to millions of people annually across Africa and the global south, insecticide-treated bed nets have become a cornerstone of malaria control and twenty-first-century global health initiatives. Despite their seemingly obvious public ...
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    62,94 €

  • Smart, Connected, and Portable Biosensors and Bioelectronics for Advancing Human Healthcare, Disease Diagnosis, and Therapeutics
    Research and development related to smart, connected, and portable biosensors and bioelectronics have been game changing in the fields of diagnostics and health management. Unlike conventional biosensors, these devices allow rapid, accurate, and on-site detection of biomarkers, which helps to prevent disease spread by the source control. This reprint contains experimental/compu...
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    62,96 €

  • Collapse and Resiliency
    Tolbert Nyenswah
    An insider account of how an African public health leader responded to an unprecedented Ebola outbreak.Tolbert Nyenswah, LLB, MPH, DrPH, was the assistant minister of health and deputy chief medical officer in Liberia when the 2014 Ebola epidemic struck. Nyenswah, the incident manager who led the response, became known as the 'Ebola Czar' for his pivotal role in combating the e...
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    44,62 €

  • Disease Eradication in the 21st Century
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    41,22 €

  • Body Art
    Brian Brown / Virginia Kuulei Berndt
    Providing a radical rethink that integrates tattoos and other body modifications within health, wellbeing, and positive psychology, this book disrupts the narrative of stigmatisation that so often surrounds these practices to welcome a broader discussion of the benefits they can offer. ...
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    33,95 €

  • Video
    John Quin
    As TikTokers, YouTubers and traditional artists continue to reimagine the video form, this book explores the value of this medium within medical practice and patient care, as well as everyday creative expression. ...
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    33,90 €

  • Psoriasis Demystified
    Dr. Ankita Kashyap / Prof. Krishna N. Sharma
    Unlock the secrets to living well with psoriasis in "Psoriasis Demystified: Doctor’s Secret Guide." This comprehensive guide offers an insider’s perspective on understanding and managing psoriasis using a holistic healing approach.Begin your journey with a deep dive into psoriasis, unraveling its mysteries, and discovering the transformative potential of the biopsychosocial app...
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    14,73 €

  • Who Shall Live?
    Karen Eggleston / Victor R Fuchs
    Since the first edition of Who Shall Live? (1974), over 100,000 students, teachers, physicians, and general readers from more than a dozen fields have found this book to be a reader-friendly, authoritative introduction to economic concepts applied to health and medical care.Health care is by far the largest industry in the United States. It is three times larger than education ...
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    93,25 €


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