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A life in public health : an insider's retrospective /

From his time as a Truman appointee on the Health Needs of the Nation to his tenure as Dean of UCLA's School of Public Health, Dr. Lester Breslow has been a force behind the most important public health developments of the last century. With his trademark humor and conviction, Breslow recounts...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Breslow, Lester
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., ©2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From his time as a Truman appointee on the Health Needs of the Nation to his tenure as Dean of UCLA's School of Public Health, Dr. Lester Breslow has been a force behind the most important public health developments of the last century. With his trademark humor and conviction, Breslow recounts his participation in the field's ground swell from the study of communicable disease to the current control of chronic illnesses. He reveals the story behind his Human Population Laboratory's "seven healthy habits" (sleep right, eat right, don't smoke, don't drink too much, exercise, keep your.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 234 pages) : portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index.
ISBN:9780826127136
0826127134