Understanding global health
By: edited by William H. Markle, Melanie A. Fisher, Raymond A. Smego, Jr.
Contributors: Markle, William H.; Fisher, Melanie A.; Smego, Raymond A.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780071487849
Subjects: World health; World Health; Public Health
Notes: "A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global health : past, present ,and future; title: The global burden of disease; title: Epidemiology, biostatistics, and surveilance; title: The health of women/mothers and children; title: Environmental health in the global context; title: Nutrition; title: Primary care in global health; title: Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS; title: War, catastrophes, displaced persons, refugees, and terrorism; title: Injury and global health; title: Aging populations and chronic illness; title: Emerging diseases and antimicrobial resistance; title: Global health communications, social marketing, and emerging communication technologies; title: Economics and global health; title: Health systems, management, and organization in low- and middle-income countries; title: Global health ethics; title: Education and careers in global health.