Raj S Bhopal

Broschiertes Buch

Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide

Beschreibung

In South Asian's, the cardiovascular diseases of stroke and coronary heart disease (CVD) are epidemic, and diabetes mellitus (type 2) is pandemic. This book presents a synthesis that can help guide prevention, clinical care and research.

Autor

Raj Bhopal is currently Emeritus Professor of Public Health at The University of Edinburgh. His books are Concepts of Epidemiology, Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes; Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide; and Migration, Ethnicity, race and Health. His academic publications include about 350 journal articles, on topics including Legionnaires' disease, primary care epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, ethnicity and health and the pandemic of COVID-19. He is currently focusing on ethnic variations in disease, with a special emphasis on how to respond to this knowledge with more effective public health interventions and clinical services. As Chairman of the Executive Committees he was leader of the first World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health 2018. Raj Bhopal was appointed CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2001.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780198833246
• ISBN-10: 0198833245
• Artikelnr.: 54436844