Pandemics : what everyone needs to know /

Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty offers a level-headed guide to all aspects of pandemics-what they are, how they spread, and what we can do to prevent them Pandemics. The word conjures up images of horrific diseases sweeping the globe and killing everyone in their path. But such highly lethal illnesses...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Doherty, P. C. (Peter C.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Colección:What everyone needs to know.
Temas:
Epidemics > History.
Epidemics > Prevention.
Emergency management.
World health.
Pandemics > history
Pandemics > prevention & control
Disaster Planning
Global Health
Santé mondiale.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
disaster planning.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Epidemics.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty offers a level-headed guide to all aspects of pandemics-what they are, how they spread, and what we can do to prevent them Pandemics. The word conjures up images of horrific diseases sweeping the globe and killing everyone in their path. But such highly lethal illnesses almost never create pandemics. The reality is deadly serious but far more subtle. In Pandemics, Peter Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, offers an essential guide to one of the truly life-or-death issues of our age. In concise, que.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (227 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780199898114
0199898111
1299712835
9781299712836
9780199986781
0199986789

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