Public health and the risk factor : a history of an uneven medical revolution /

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Describes the evolution of a concept that has become central to public health and medical thought: the risk factor. The risk factor concept has been controversial because of its statistical methodology, its multifactorial concept of disease etiology, and its effect on the economic interests of comme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rothstein, William G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2003.
Colección:Rochester studies in medical history.
Temas:
Geschichte 1900-2000.
Health risk assessment > History.
Health behavior > History.
Medicine, Preventive > History.
Coronary heart disease > Risk factors > History.
Lifestyles.
Public Health > history
Risk Factors
Coronary Disease > prevention & control
History, 20th Century
Life Style
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > Histoire.
Habitudes sanitaires > Histoire.
Médecine préventive > Histoire.
Artères coronaires > Maladies > Facteurs de risque > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Style de vie.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
Lifestyles
Coronary heart disease > Risk factors
Health behavior
Health risk assessment
Medicine, Preventive
Risikofaktor
Forschung
Medizin
Koronare Herzkrankheit
Aufsatzsammlung
Gesundheitsförderung
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Describes the evolution of a concept that has become central to public health and medical thought: the risk factor. The risk factor concept has been controversial because of its statistical methodology, its multifactorial concept of disease etiology, and its effect on the economic interests of commercial, professional, and health organisations. The author uses nontechnical language to guide readers through a wide array of 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century technical developments that are the basis of our current understanding of the risk factor concept.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 466 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-454) and index.
ISBN:9781580466141
1580466141
ISSN:1526-2715

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