Tag Archive | HUMAN
4.1 Health and human rights
4.1 Health and human rights Oxford Textbook of Public Health 4.1 Health and human rights Sofia Gruskin and Daniel Tarantola Introduction From HIV/AIDS and human rights to health and human rights International conferences and the United Nations system State and non-state actors entering the arena of health and human rights What are human rights? A […]
2.4 Human and medical genetics
2.4 Human and medical genetics Friedrich Vogel and Arno G. Motulsky Recent developments in human and medical genetics Human genetics and disease Chromosomal diseases Trisomies Public health policy considerations regarding amniocentesis Other chromosomal anomalies Monogenic diseases Non-Mendelian mechanisms Mutations and hereditary diseases Frequencies of hereditary diseases Complex multifactorial anomalies and diseases Birth defects Common chronic […]
2.2 Social, economic, and cultural environment and human health
2.2 Social, economic, and cultural environment and human health Nicolette Hart Human existence and the social environment Urban industrialism as a health revolution Global capitalism and the social environment of nation-states Society and nation designating boundaries for the impact of the social environment on health The social environment and the expressive body Macro- and micro-arenas […]
HUMAN INFECTIONS FOLLOWING ANIMAL BITES
HUMAN INFECTIONS FOLLOWING ANIMAL BITES Bibliography Animal bite injuries are common, accounting for about 1% of all emergency department visits and 10,000 hospital admissions. Dogs and cats are responsible for approximately 90% and 10%, respectively, of all animal bites, and these species are the focus of this chapter. However, the variety of animals causing bites […]