Public health & preventive medicine (500)

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This brief addresses important aspects of food additives. Through four chapters, the authors describe the chemistry of food additives, the regulatory classification of additives on a large-scale, the risks involved in using chemicals for food prepara...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:Have you ever wondered what makes the Mediterranean diet so healthy? Do you enjoy olives, tomatoes, Chouriço and Mozzarella, basil, rosemary and oregano, grapes, figs, and dates; and would you like to learn more about the substances they contain? The...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This book describes the molecular biology, pathogenesis, epidemiology, and potential strategies for control of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection. It offers insight into the structure and functions of CHIKV proteins as they relate to host response, ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This brief highlights several of the most pressing challenges in addressing the needs of families who are experiencing homelessness and presents a set of strong policy recommendations for assessment, intervention, research, and service delivery relat...

publisher: Springer
year: 2014
description:Selbsthilfe für Menschen mit chronischen Schmerzen – und deren Angehörige:- 8 Millionen Menschen in Deutschland sind von chronischen Schmerzen betroffen. Schmerzkranke haben oft eine lange Vorgeschichte mit den verschiedensten medizinischen und chiru...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:This book explores how lighting systems based on LED sources have the ability to positively influence the human circadian system, with benefits for health and well-being. The opening chapters examine the functioning of the human circadian system, its...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This book focuses on the risks that climate change poses for the health sector. It discusses the current vulnerabilities to climate-sensitive diseases, the resultant mortality and morbidity in human populations, the projected risks in connection with...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This comprehensive reference covers the impact of dietary phosphorus in phosphorus physiology, public health and the pathogenesis of disease. Divided into three parts, the first section is an overview of the history of phosphorus and the regulation ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2019
description:This book describes an evidence-based, practical approach to diagnosis and treatment of the fungal infections most frequently encountered in a general hospital. The opening section provides an easy-to-understand overview of the basic medical and scie...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This proactive guide brings the relationship between work life and mental well-being into sharp focus, surveying common challenges and outlining real-life solutions. The authors’ approach posits managers as the chief mental health officers of their t...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This book provides the readers with a series of complex cases that are organized by psychiatric disorder. Written by experts in the field, the cases offer insight on how to navigate care in delicate situations while considering preexisting medical co...