TY - BOOK AU - Lucas,Adetokunbo O. AU - Gilles,Herbert M. TI - Short textbook of public health medicine for the tropics. SN - 9780340759882 AV - RC961.5.L83 U1 - 616.9883 21 PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - CRC Press KW - Tropical medicine KW - Tropical Medicine KW - Preventive Medicine N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Concepts in public health and preventive medicine -- Health statistics: information for health -- Epidemiology -- Communicable diseases: infections through the gastro-intestinal tract -- Infections through the respiratory tract -- Arthropod-borne infections -- Non-communicable disease: health in transition -- Nutritional disorders -- Organization of health services -- Approaches to economic evaluation -- Family health -- Environmental health -- Health promotion and education -- International health co-operation -- ER -