The changing face of disease
Subtitle: implications for society
By: edited by Nick Mascie-Taylor, Jean Peters and Stephen T. McGarvey
Contributors: Society for the Study of Human Biology
Series: Society for the Study of Human Biology series; Society for the Study of Human Biology series
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780203300183
Subjects: Diseases; Social aspects; Public Health; Parasitic Diseases; Epidemiology; Environmentally induced diseases; Preventive Medicine; Forensic Medicine; Emerging Communicable Diseases; MEDICAL
Description: The Changing Face of Disease seeks to address four themes which reflect our understanding of disease: its evolution; its implications for human societies; its ecology, and our response to it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Historical aspects; title: Emerging disease in the third epidemiological transition / George J. Armelagos; title: Life history perspectives on human disease / Peter T. Ellison and Emily S. Barrett; title: The evolution, transmission and geographic spread of infectious diseases in human populations: questions and models / Lisa Sattenspiel; title: Part II. Current challenges; title: Genetic epidemiology of parasitic diseases / Sarah Williams-Balangero, John L. Vandeberg and John Blangero; title: Urban pollution, disease and the health of children / L.M. Schell and Elaine Hills; title: Protecting pregnant women from malaria / S.W. Lindsay, R. McGready and G.E.L. Walraven; title: Interdisciplinary research on Schistosoma japonicum / Stephen T. McGarvey ... [et al.]; title: Unravelling gene-environment interactions in type 2 diabetes / Nicholas J. Wareham; title: Investigating the 'hidden' epidemic: sexual behaviour and representations of HIV/AIDS amongst business people and medical personnel in five Central and Eastern European nations / Robin Goodwin; title: The evolution of disease and devolution of health care for American Indians / Stephen J. Kunitz; title: The public's health: the changing role of public health / Jean Peters; title: Human behaviour and the changing pattern of disease / Brian J. Ford; title: Index.