Preventive Medicine and Public HealthAbstract: Basic text on public health issues covers the topics of epidemiology; infectious diseases, their recognition, prevalance and control; chronic illness and treatment; nutrition and deficiencies; personal health care; health organizations; population dynamics; maternal and child health; environmental health, sanitation; water supply and waste disposal. |
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