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A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology (Oxford Medical Publications)
Recent epidemiological research has forced us to question our current beliefs that the causes of coronary heart disease and cancer arise in adulthood. Medical books A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology . A new school of thought has emerged which argues that the chronic diseases prevalent in adult life have their origins during gestation, infancy, and childhood. A large body of evidence for this hypothesis has built up from research findings scattered throughout the scientific journals. In A Life Course Approach to Adult Disease, researchers actively involved in this area critically review and examine the evidence for this hypothesis. In particular, the impact of factors acting in early life, and those acting later in the life course is assessed for cardiovascular, respiratory, and allergic diseases, as well as diabetes, hypertension, and breast cancer Medical books A Life Course Approach To Chronic Diseases Epidemiology (oxford Medical Publicat. payment | shipping rates | returns A Life Course Approach to Chronic Diseases Epidemiology (Oxford Medical Publications) Product Category :Books ISBN :0198578156 Title :A Life Course Approach to Chronic Diseases Epidemiology (Oxford Medical Publications)EAN :9780198578154 Binding :Paperback Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA Publication Date :2004-05-20 Pages :494 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :125.00 Height :1.1000 inches Width :6.6000 inches Leng
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payment | shipping rates | returns A Life Course Approach to Chronic Diseases Epidemiology (Oxford Medical Publications) Product Category :Books ISBN :0198578156 Title :A Life Course Approach to Chronic Diseases Epidemiology (Oxford Medical Publications)EAN :9780198578154 Binding :Paperback Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA Publication Date :2004-05-20 Pages :494 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :125.00 Height :1.1000 inches Width :6.6000 inches Leng
The first edition in 1997 of A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology became a classic text for epidemiological and public health researchers interested in the childhood origins of adult chronic disease. Since then the new field of life course epidemiology has expanded rapidly, attracting the interest not only of academics across the health and social sciences but also policy makers, funding bodies, and the general public. Its purpose is to study how biological and social factors during gestation, childhood, adolescence and earlier adult life independently, cummulatively and inte
Categories: Chronic diseases, Disease->Etiology. Contributors: Diana Kuh - Editor. Format: Hardcover
Categories: Chronic diseases, Disease->Etiology. Contributors: Diana Kuh - Editor. Format: Hardcover
Medical Book A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology
A new school of thought has emerged which argues that the chronic diseases prevalent in adult life have their origins during gestation, infancy, and childhood. A large body of evidence for this hypothesis has built up from research findings scattered throughout the scientific journals. In A Life Course Approach to Adult Disease, researchers actively involved in this area critically review and examine the evidence for this hypothesis. In particular, the impact of factors acting in early life, and those acting later in the life course is assessed for cardiovascular, respiratory, and allergic diseases, as well as diabetes, hypertension, and breast cancer. The extent to which early life factors explain variations in disease risk for both individuals and populations is discussed. The book begins by presenting the historical development of ideas concerning chronic disease aetiology, and examines direct evidence for the role of in-utero programming and other pre-adult factors in the aetiology of many common diseases. The second section discusses the importance of socio-cultural influences on biological risk as well as the determinants of fetal growth and development. The book then goes on to look at the temporal, geographical, and social variations in disease frequency. The final section examines the role of interventions to alter fetal development and child growth, and the implications for future health policy. Throughout the book, the authors argue that the adoption of a life-course approach to the study of disease could greatly improve our understanding of the aetiology of chronic diseases, present possibilities for prevention, and have profound implications for health policy decision making.
