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WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence
World Health Organization 2006; US$ 22.50This report presents the recommendations of a WHO Expert Committee responsible for reviewing information on dependence-producing drugs to assess the need for their international control. The first part of the report contains a summary of the Committee's evaluations of seven substances (dronabinol, oripavine, buprenorphine, butorphanol, ketamine, khat... more...
Extreme Weather Events and Public Health Responses
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 84.99In 2004, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Environment Agency organized a meeting to exchange information and develop recommendations on public health and environmental responses to weather and climate extremes. This book reflects a collection of case studies and experiences of experts, ministries and international organizations. more...
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 29.95The World Health Organization (WHO), as the United Nations specialized agency for health, has been at the centre of international health cooperation for over sixty years. With origins dating from the nineteenth century, WHO?s mandate is the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health. The huge challenge of fulfilling this objective... more...
Bayesian Disease Mapping
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 89.95Presents an overview of the main areas of Bayesian hierarchical modeling and its application to the geographical analysis of disease. This title explores a range of topics in Bayesian inference and modeling. It explains how to apply these methods to disease mapping using numerous real-world data sets pertaining to cancer, asthma, and epilepsy. more...
Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health
Springer 2008; US$ 189.99Awareness 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.... more...
Health and Wellness Tourism
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 63.95Health and Wellness Tourism takes an innovative look at this rapidly growing sector of today?s thriving tourism industry. This book examines the range of motivations that drive this diverse sector of tourists, the products that are being developed to meet their needs and the management implications of these developments. A wide range of international... more...
Informe sobre la salud en el mundo 2008
World Health Organization 2008; US$ 40.00Decididos a reforzar sus sistemas de salud, los pases se ven obligados cada vez ms a reconocer que la perspectiva de la atencin primaria de salud (APS) puede proporcionarles el nuevo y ms definido rumbo more...
Climate Chaos: Your Health at Risk, What You Can Do to Protect Yourself and Your Family
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 50.00Why should we care about climate chaos and global warming? Because, among other risky outcomes, they may seriously harm our health! Scientists around the world are in agreement that global warming, more aptly named climate change, is occurring and human activity is the primary cause. The debate now is in the scientific and policy worlds about just... more...
Space, Place and Mental Health
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 124.95How and why does the social and physical environment matter for mental health and psychological wellbeing in human populations?In this book, this question is examined from a number of different points of view, but with a particular emphasis on ideas and research from health geography. It shows that health geography makes a distinctive focus on the... more...
Understanding the Global Spa Industry
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 62.95The spa industry is currently the fastest growing segment of the hospitality and leisure industry with revenues exceeding those from amusement parks, box office receipts, vacation ownership gross sales and ski resort ticket sales. Understanding the Global Spa Industry is the first book to examine management practices in this industry and offers a... more...









