Public Health in East and Southeast Asia

Public Health in East and Southeast Asia
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 359
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ISBN-10 : 9780520289833
ISBN-13 : 0520289838
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Book Synopsis Public Health in East and Southeast Asia by : Roger Detels

Download or read book Public Health in East and Southeast Asia written by Roger Detels and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Health in East and Southeast Asia presents an overview of the state of public health across this vast region and considers the challenges and prospects for its future advancement. It pays particular attention to how rapid economic progress has brought accelerated change, both demographic and epidemiological, to an area already marked by great heterogeneity in health status and public health systems. In comparative and thematically oriented chapters, leading scholars consider such issues as changes in values and lifestyles, infectious diseases, nutrition, tobacco, chronic diseases, accidents and injury, environmental health, occupational health, the effect of globalization, and health services.


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