http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 online resource (xviii, 171 pages : illustrations)
Aimed at medical students and those who work in the health service, this book explores the options for the prevention of common diseases. It looks at the roots of such diseases through lifestyles, social factors and the environment.
The objectives of preventive medicine -- What needs to be prevented? -- The relation of risk to exposure -- Prevention for individuals and the 'high-risk' strategy -- Individuals and populations -- Some implications of population change -- The population strategy of prevention -- In search of health.
Geoffrey Rose ; with a commentary by Kay-Tee Khaw, Michael Marmot.
Rev. ed. of: The strategy of preventive medicine. 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-167) and index.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008