The Horizons of Health / / ed. by Henry Wechsler, George F. Cahill, Jr., Joel Gurin.

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• MitwirkendeR: Abrams, Herbert L.,; Austen, K. Frank,; Barza, Michael J.,; Berlin, Joyce E.,; Cahill, George F.,; Chang, Te-Wen,; Erbe, Richard W.,; Fein, Rashi,; Fitzpatrick, Thomas B.,; Fredrickson, Donald S.,; Frei, Emil,; GOLDHABER, PAUL,; Gaensler, Edward A.,; Geschwind, Norman,; Grant, W. Morton,; Gurin, Joel,; Ingelfinger, Franz J.,; Isselbacher, Kurt J.,; Johnson, Richard A.,; Kety, Seymour S.,; MacMahon, Brian,; Mankin, Henry J.,; Mello, Nancy K.,; Mendelson, Jack H.,; Merrill, John P.,; Moore, Francis D.,; Moser, Hugo W.,; Nathan, David G.,; Ryan, Kenneth J.,; Schuknecht, Harold F.,; Smith, Thomas W.,; Wechsler, Henry,; Weinstein, Louis,
• HerausgeberIn: Cahill, Jr., George F.,; Gurin, Joel,; Wechsler, Henry,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1977
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 2nd printing 1978. Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 p.) :; Zahlr. Abb.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Foreword
• PART ONE. The Scope of the Problem
• 1. Biomedical Research: An Overview
• 2. Health of the United States Population
• PART TWO. Basic Processes in Disease
• 3. Cancer
• 4. Genetic Disorders
• 5. Bacterial Infections
• 6. Viral Infections
• 7. The Immune System and Diseases of Inflammation
• PART THREE. Biomedical Approaches to Behavioral Disorders
• 8. The Biological Bases of Mental Illness
• 9. Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• 10. Mental Retardation
• 11. Neurological Disorders
• PART FOUR. Diseases of Organs and Systems
• 12. The Heart and Vascular System
• 13. The Respiratory System
• 14. The Kidneys
• 15. The Blood
• 16. The Gastrointestinal System
• 17. Diabetes
• 18. The Reproductive System
• 19. The Skin
• 20. The Teeth and Gums
• 21. Vision
• 22. Hearing
• PART FIVE. New Techniques of Diagnosis and Intervention
• 23. Orthopedics
• 24. Surgical Care
• 25. Radiology
• PART SIX. The Implementation of Research
• 26. Economics of Health Research
• 27. Spreading the Medical Word
• SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING. INDEX
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• Contributors
• Index