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
Autor principal: Rothstein, William G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Gesundheitsförderung
Aufsatzsammlung
Koronare Herzkrankheit
Medizin
Forschung
Risikofaktor
Medicine, Preventive.
Health risk assessment.
Health behavior.
Coronary heart disease > Risk factors.
Lifestyles.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
Style de vie.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Arteres coronaires > Maladies > Facteurs de risque > Histoire.
Medecine preventive > Histoire.
Habitudes sanitaires > Histoire.
Risques pour la sante > Évaluation > Histoire.
Life Style
History, 20th Century
Coronary Disease > prevention & control
Risk Factors
Public Health > history
Coronary heart disease > Risk factors > History.
Medicine, Preventive > History.
Health behavior > History.
Health risk assessment > History.
USA
History.
Electronic books.
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 (480 pages).
ISBN:9781580466141
ISSN:1526-2715

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