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World health and disease / edited [sic] by Alastair Gray. - 3rd ed. - Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2001. - 352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. - Health and disease series ; bk. 3 .

Co-author: Philip Payne.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-327) and index.

Introduction -- World patterns of mortality -- Mortality and morbidity: causes and determinants -- Livelihood and survival: a case study of Bangladesh -- World transformed: population and the rise of industrial society -- Decline of infectious diseases: the case of England -- Health in a world of wealth and poverty -- Population and development prospects -- Contemporary patterns of disease in the United Kingdom -- Explaining inequalities in health in the United Kingdom -- Food, health and disease: a case study.

ISBN: 033520838X

LCCN: 2004351586

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA1-Z8995

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101096087 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World health.
Medical geography.
Epidemiology--Great Britain.
Social medicine--Great Britain.
Medical economics--Great Britain.
Epidemiologic Studies.
Demography.
Social Medicine--methods.
Socioeconomic Factors.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

LC Class. No.: RA651 / .G65 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 614.42

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2001 F-855 WA 105 / G788w 2001