Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice (Oxford Handbooks)
Contributors: David Pencheon (Editor); Charles Guest (Editor); David Melzer (Editor); J. A. Muir Gray (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: December 15, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 632
ISBN-13: 9780192632210
First sentence: If public health is the science and art of improving the health of populations, then measuring health status and assessing the health needs of populations are the universal starting points for most of its activities.