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Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
World Bank Publications 2006; US$ 49.99This volume is a single up-to-date source on the entire global epidemiology of diseases, injuries and risk factors with a comprehensive statement of methods and a complete presentation of results. It includes refined methods to assess data, ensure epidemiological consistency, and summarize the disease burden. Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors... more...
Hospital-Acquired Infections
Wiley 2008; US$ 69.99Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are complications of health care which affect on average 10 percent of patients admitted to hospital world wide. They have serious public health implications by changing the quality of life of patients and sometimes causing disability or even death. The purpose of this comprehensive text is to provide nurses and junior... more...
Beating Back the Devil
Free Press 2004; US$ 21.95IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASES, THEY ARE THE SPECIAL FORCES. They always keep a bag packed. They seldom have more than twenty-four hours' notice before they are dispatched. The phone calls that tell them to head to the airport, sometimes in the middle of the night, may give them no more information than the country they are traveling to and the epidemic... more...
Epidemiology
Oxford University Press, USA 2002; US$ 31.99In the past thirty years epidemiology has matured from a fledgling scientific field into a vibrant discipline that brings together the biological and social sciences, and in doing so draws upon disciplines ranging from statistics and survey sampling to the philosophy of science. These areas of knowledge have converged into a modern theory of epidemiology... more...
World Health Statistics 2010 : English
World Health Organization 2010; US$ 40.00World Health Statistics 2010 contains WHO's annual compilation of data from its 193 member states, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related millennium development goals and targets. It provides a comprehensive summary of the current status of national health and health systems including; mortality and burden of disease, causes... more...
The Blue Death
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99With the keen eyes of a scientist and the sensibilities of a seasoned writer, Dr. Robert Morris chronicles the fascinating and at times frightening story of our drinking water. His gripping narrative vividly recounts the epidemics that have shaken cities and nations, the scientists who reached into the invisible and emerged with controversial truths... more...
International Health and Aid Policies
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 44.00Using international case studies to critique recent health and aid policies, this book presents strategies to create fairer health services. more...
Physical Activity and Cancer
Springer 2010; US$ 149.99This book explores in depth the relation between physical activity and cancer control, including primary prevention, coping with treatments, recovery after treatments, long-term survivorship, secondary prevention, and survival. The first part of the book presents the most recent research on the impact of physical activity in preventing a range of cancers.... more...
Medical Decision Making
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 54.00Translates the theory from the science of decision making into clinically useful tools and principles. more...
Clinical Cancer Prevention
Springer 2011; US$ 109.99This book is based on presentations by some of the world's leading experts at the Sixth International Conference on Clinical Cancer Prevention, held in St. Gallen, Switzerland, during March 2010. The main themes are the latest advances in the prevention of breast and prostate cancer and the role of infection in the development of liver and gastric... more...









