Cities and the health of the public
By: Nicholas Freudenberg, David Vlahov, and Sandro Galea, editors.
Contributors: Freudenberg, Nicholas.; Vlahov, David.; Galea, Sandro.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Nashville, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Urban health; Urban Health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A framework for the study of urban health / Sandro Galea, Nicholas Freudenberg, David Vlahov; title: Changing living conditions; changing health : US cities since World War II / Nicholas Freudenberg, Sandro Galea, David Vlahov; title: The urban social environment and health / Adam Coutts, Ichiro Kawachi; title: The urban physical environment and health / Susan Klitzman, Thomas D. Matte, Daniel E. Kass; title: Access to quality health care in U.S. cities : balancing community need and service system survival / Dennis Andrulis; title: Food, nutrition and the health of urban populations / Ming-Chin Yeh, David Katz; title: Public health in U.S. cities : a historical perspective / David Rosner; title: Cities, suburbs, and urban sprawl : their impact on health / Howard Frumkin; title: Fifty ways to destroy a city : the health impact of urban destruction / Mindy Fullilove; title: A developing world perspective : health, water, and sanitation in urban areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean / Gordon McGranhan, David Satterthwaite; title: Changing patterns of infectious disease in U.S. cities / David Vlahov, Emily Gibble; title: Traumatic stressors in urban settings : consequences and implications / Kenneth J. Ruggiero ... [et al.]; title: Mental health in the city / Sandro Galea, Ezra Susser, Mickey Bresnahan; title: Methodologies for the study of urban health : how do we best assess how cities affect health? / Sandro Galea, Amy Schulz; title: Health promotion in the city : the science and politics of intervention / Nicholas Freudenberg; title: Creating healthy cities : where do we go from here? / David Vlahov, Sandro Galea, Nicholas Freudenberg.