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Enigmas of health and disease : how epidemiology helps unravel scientific mysteries / Alfredo Morabia.

By: Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xxii, 271 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231168847
  • 0231168845
  • 9780231168854
  • 0231168853
Related works:
  • Adaptation of (work): Morabia, Alfredo. SanteÌ
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614.4 23
LOC classification:
  • RA652 .M67 2014
NLM classification:
  • WA 105
Contents:
Comparing groups and the fifth dimension -- People, bugs, and epidemics -- Plague's shark teeth and seamen's enigmatic exhaustion -- The mystery of the blue death -- The numerical method -- Eugenics, oysters, sour skin, and breast cancer -- Tobacco and health : the great controversy -- Daily life mysteries and epidemiology -- Is this treatment dangerous for health? -- Does the treatment work? -- What is the optimal medical decision? -- Health risk or health benefit? -- Is this screening useful? -- Group comparisons also fail -- Epidemiologic literacy and earthly self-realization -- Beyond epidemiology.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks RA652 .M67 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001354215

Adaptation of: SanteÌ : distinguisher croyances et connaissance / Alfredo Morabia. 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and index.

Comparing groups and the fifth dimension -- People, bugs, and epidemics -- Plague's shark teeth and seamen's enigmatic exhaustion -- The mystery of the blue death -- The numerical method -- Eugenics, oysters, sour skin, and breast cancer -- Tobacco and health : the great controversy -- Daily life mysteries and epidemiology -- Is this treatment dangerous for health? -- Does the treatment work? -- What is the optimal medical decision? -- Health risk or health benefit? -- Is this screening useful? -- Group comparisons also fail -- Epidemiologic literacy and earthly self-realization -- Beyond epidemiology.

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