Public Health & Preventive Medicine

Sedentary behaviours include activities at the lowest spectrum of energy expenditure such as lying down, sitting, watching television, using the co...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in individuals older than 65 years of age. The authors of this book discus...

This book aims to report on the status of one of the most important phycocolloids in the food industry (E407 - carrageenan). The natural resources ...

Microbiological industrial hygiene is defined as the safeguarding of industrial products, premises, personnel and raw materials from harmful or haz...

Substantial resources are being committed to the development of so-called ''''serious'''' video games as interventions for health issues. Health ed...

Health education is the profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, ...

Brand-name pharmaceutical companies can delay generic competition that lowers prices by agreeing to pay a generic competitor to hold its competing ...

The book was developed based on the expertise of four research groups, three of them linked to the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP): Studies ...

This book is a collection of latest works that show the unique roles and positions of different health care professionals on the arena of health ca...

Following the September 11th, 2011, terrorist attacks, Congress provided appropriations to furnish health care services for rescue, recovery and cl...

Vaccines play an essential role in keeping humans and animals healthy. The vaccine has been one of the most important interventions designed to bot...

Public Health Yearbook 2017 present research on: adolescent alcohol use in the Caribbean region; discussion about how to break the cycle of child a...

This book describes the origin of the Pilates method with its principles and foundations idealized by its creator, Joseph H Pilates. Based on his e...

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountabil...

The aim of Volume 11 is to provide evidence on the indicators of fluid distribution and cellular integrity evaluated by nioelectrical impedance ana...

A variety of topics are presented in this book that seek to reflect on medical history before and after the golden age of the Medical Renaissance. ...

In 2013, about 10 million adults in the United States had a serious mental illness. The U.S. mental health care system includes a range of federal ...

The U.S. Armed Forces used a variety of chemical defoliants to clear dense jungle land in Vietnam during the war. Agent Orange (named for the orang...

The Break the Cycle program has been an annual academic event since 2005, recruiting students from many different disciplines and departments at ...

Falls are considered as one of the accidents that take more loss of functionality, mainly in older adults. This book begins with a discussion on th...

The chapters in this volume present the latest developments in medicine and biology. Chapter One reviews sialic acids in early life and their impac...