Tropical Diseases: From Molecule to Bedside
ISBN: 9780306477997 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christiaan Eijkman received the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1929 for his discovery that beri-beri is a vitamin-deficiency disease. He had conducted his seminal research on the disease in the fonner Dutch East Indies between 1886 and 1898 at the location of. the present Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology in Jakarta. In 1998, the first International Eijkman Symposium was held in The Hague, The Netherlands, to celebrate the fact that exactly 100 years earlier Christiaan Eijkman was inaugurated as full professor in Hygiene and Bacteriology at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. The...
Christiaan Eijkman received the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1929 for his discovery that beri-beri is a vitamin-deficiency disease. He had conducted hi...
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McQs in Travel and Tropical Medicine: A Primer of Travel Medicine
ISBN: 9780595367160 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This little book covers anything you are likely to meet in a Travel Medicine Clinic. It includes problems associated with air travel, adventure travel and travel for special groups as well as the usual pre and post travel consultations. Since Tropical Medicine is intimately bound with Travel Medicine much attention is paid to common tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue as well as to less common ones such as leishmaniasis and filariasis. Ultimately this little book aims to help all health professionals who are interested in Travel Medicine and is particularly suited for anyone...
This little book covers anything you are likely to meet in a Travel Medicine Clinic. It includes problems associated with air travel, adventure travel...
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73,68 zł |
Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines
ISBN: 9780822338048 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Colonial Pathologies" is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Warwick Anderson describes how American colonizers sought to maintain their own health and stamina in a foreign environment while exerting control over and civilizing a population of seven million people spread out over seven thousand islands. In the process, he traces a significant transformation in the thinking of colonial doctors and scientists about what was most threatening to the health of white colonists. During the late...
"Colonial Pathologies" is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 throu...
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464,31 zł |
Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines
ISBN: 9780822338437 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Colonial Pathologies" is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Warwick Anderson describes how American colonizers sought to maintain their own health and stamina in a foreign environment while exerting control over and civilizing a population of seven million people spread out over seven thousand islands. In the process, he traces a significant transformation in the thinking of colonial doctors and scientists about what was most threatening to the health of white colonists. During the late...
"Colonial Pathologies" is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 throu...
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125,15 zł |
Un Millennium Development Library: Coming to Grips with Malaria in the New Millennium
ISBN: 9781844072262 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in its many dimensions by 2015 income poverty, hunger, disease, exclusion, lack of infrastructure and shelter while promoting gender equality, education, health and environmental sustainability. These bold goals can be met in all parts of the world if nations follow through on their commitments to work together to meet them. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals offers the prospect of a more secure, just, and prosperous world for all. The UN...
The Millennium Development Goals, adopted at the UN Millennium Summit in 2000, are the world's targets for dramatically reducing extreme poverty in it...
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250,36 zł |
Lymphatic Filariasis
ISBN: 9781860940590 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first in a series dedicated to the understanding of tropical diseases. This volume examines the basic biology and clinical expression of lymphatic-dwelling filarial parasites, parasites affecting over 128 million people in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Although it is responsible for the disfiguring elephantiasis, infection with this parasite leads to a spectrum of clinical manifestations. The underlying pathogenetic mechanisms of infection, its epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this often devastating vector-borne diseases will be the focus...
This is the first in a series dedicated to the understanding of tropical diseases. This volume examines the basic biology and clinical expression of l...
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479,96 zł |
Amebiasis
ISBN: 9781860941337 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Amebiasis presents the most up-to-date overview of the field, encompassing all aspects of epidemiology, clinical management, and research. The most authoritative physicians and scientists worldwide have contributed to this effort. Future research directions are well defined by those at the cutting edge of the field. Students, postgraduate trainees, clinicians and researchers will find great value in these concise reviews.
Amebiasis presents the most up-to-date overview of the field, encompassing all aspects of epidemiology, clinical management, and research. The most au...
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422,57 zł |
The Grand Challenge for the Future: Vaccines for Poverty-Related Diseases from Bench to Field
ISBN: 9783764371753 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The vaccines most urgently needed are those against poverty-related diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and HIV. However, there is a considerable gap between the development of a vaccine and the implementation as a useful measure for disease control. Major obstacles need to be overcome even after successful completion of the preclinical stage. This book provides an important link between vaccine development and application under the particular conditions in developing countries. The vaccines most urgently needed are those against poverty-related diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and HIV. However, there is a considerabl... |
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390,87 zł |
An Introduction to Clinical Diagnosis in the Tropics
ISBN: 9789782462862 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Revised and expanded, this companion to tropical diagnosis retains its original purpose: a full description of approaches, techniques of examination, and diagnostic steps. The author is Professor of Medicine at the University of Ibadan. Practical hints are given for both the experienced and not so experienced. There are also sections on the psychiatric patient, sick children (including nutritional assessment) and basic laboratory techniques of the clinician.
Revised and expanded, this companion to tropical diagnosis retains its original purpose: a full description of approaches, techniques of examination, ...
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253,07 zł |
Tropical and Parasitic Infections in the Intensive Care Unit
ISBN: 9780387233796 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past, many tropical and parasitic infections were confined to tropical areas of the world located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. However, with the increase in air travel and tourism and the changing patterns of immigration, an increasing number of individuals are coming into contact with these infectious agents and transmission across the world has been enhanced. Tropical and Parasitic Infections in the Intensive Care Unit provides an international perspective on this topic and an overview of those infections that may cause critical... In the past, many tropical and parasitic infections were confined to tropical areas of the world located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropi... |
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586,33 zł |
Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health: Health and Climate
ISBN: 9781402068768 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by new research and experience and fears of climate change and the research needed to underpin policy developments in area is growing rapidly. This awareness has yet to translate into a practical use of climate knowledge by health policy-makers. Evidence based policy and practice is the mantra of the health sector. If climate scientists are to contribute effectively to health policy at local and global scales then careful empirical studies must be undertaken focused on the... Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by new research and experience ... |
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781,79 zł |
Tropical Diseases in Travelers
ISBN: 9781405184410 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covering all the major tropical diseases that present a health risk to travelers, this book is an invaluable resource for all practitioners who encounter the post travel patient. With emphasis on clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment, it is the first book to summarize the knowledge of post travel presentations in the otherwise non-immune and non-endemic population and will aid clinicians to evaluate travelers' symptoms.
The book is divided into three parts. The first is an overview of key aspects of travel medicine; the second contains a detailed discussion of multiple viral, bacterial... Covering all the major tropical diseases that present a health risk to travelers, this book is an invaluable resource for all practitioners who encoun...
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812,47 zł |
MCQs in Travel and Tropical Medicine: 3rd edition
ISBN: 9781440129384 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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121,50 zł |
MCQs in Travel and Tropical Medicine: 3rd edition
ISBN: 9781440123214 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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78,03 zł |
Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health: Health and Climate
ISBN: 9789048177479 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by new research and experience and fears of climate change and the research needed to underpin policy developments in area is growing rapidly. This awareness has yet to translate into a practical use of climate knowledge by health policy-makers. Evidence based policy and practice is the mantra of the health sector. If climate scientists are to contribute effectively to health policy at local and global scales then careful empirical studies must be undertaken focused on the... Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by new research and experience ... |
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Twenty-Six Portland Place: The Early Years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISBN: 9781846194856 / Angielski / Twarda / 606 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twenty-Six Portland Place is a ground-breaking exploration of the early years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, from its foundation in 1907 to its half-century in 1957. Following its formation at the height of the Empire, it became a forum in which to discuss and develop ideas and current research by physicians and clinical parasitologists into diseases prevalent in warm climates. The book also traces the Society's growth and development through two world wars and the turbulent national, international and medical politics of the period. As a former President of the...
Twenty-Six Portland Place is a ground-breaking exploration of the early years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, from its foundati...
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Tropical Neurology
ISBN: 9781570596377 / Angielski / Miękka / 552 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tropical neurology refers to those diseases of the nervous system which prevail in between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Developments in speed and ease of travel and globalisation of economy have resulted in large scale migration rendering the boundaries of tropical regions less distinct. Wars, famines, natural disasters and economic sanctions have added to the problem of infection and aggravated the preexisting nutritional deficiency disorders in many tropical countries. This book is aimed at residents, practicing physicians, health workers and physicians from western countries who...
Tropical neurology refers to those diseases of the nervous system which prevail in between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Developments in speed ...
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495,56 zł |
Warm Climates and Western Medicine: Emergence of Tropical Medicine, 1500-1900
ISBN: 9789051839234 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is generally assumed that tropical medicine only emerged as a medical specialism in the late nineteenth century under the aegis of men like Patrick Manson and Ronald Ross. However, recent research (much of it brought together for the first time in this volume) shows that a distinctive medicine of 'warm climates' came into existence much earlier in areas like the West-Indies, Indonesia and India. Europeans' health needs were one imperative, but this was more than just the medicine of Europe shipped overseas. Contact with non-Western medical ideas and practices was also a stimulus, as was...
It is generally assumed that tropical medicine only emerged as a medical specialism in the late nineteenth century under the aegis of men like Patrick...
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633,52 zł |
Die Geburt Aus Ethnomedizinischer Sicht: Beiträge Und Nachträge Zur IV. Internationalen Fachkonferenz Der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethnomedizin Über Tradit
ISBN: 9783528179168 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aussageberechtigte und richtungsweisende Publikationen zur Ge burt aus ethnomedizinischer Sicht sind bisher leider nur sparlich vorhanden. Hinzukommt, daB diese Veroffentlichungen an den ver schiedensten Stellen erschienen und daher fur die Interessenten we gen der Unubersehbarkeit meist unbekannt oder unauffindbar blieben. Es ist daher sehr zu begruBen, daB den Herausgebern der keineswegs leicht realisierbare Plan gelang, die auf der "IV. Internationalen Fachtagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethnomedizin uber traditionelle Geburtshilfe und Gynakologie" gehaltenen Referate und Vortrage fur eine...
Aussageberechtigte und richtungsweisende Publikationen zur Ge burt aus ethnomedizinischer Sicht sind bisher leider nur sparlich vorhanden. Hinzukommt,...
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200,89 zł |
Die Malaria nach den neuesten Forschungen
ISBN: 9783846005941 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Im Original 1900 erschienenes Buch ber den damaligen Stand der Malariaforschung.
Im Original 1900 erschienenes Buch ber den damaligen Stand der Malariaforschung.
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113,65 zł |