Public Health and the Risk Factor A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution

Name: Public Health and the Risk Factor A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution
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ISBN: 9781580462860

ISBN-10: 1580462863

ISBN-13: 9781580462860

Edition: 2008

Authors: William G. Rothstein

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Book details

Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Publication date: 5/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



List of Tables


Preface



Introduction



The Invention of the Risk Factor



The Origins of Probability and Statistics



Censuses and Vital Statistics



Statistical Analyses of Medical and Social Data



Life Insurance and the Risk Factor



Health Education for Healthy Lifestyles



Cultural And Environmental Influences On Urban Mortality Rates



The Germ Theory and Health Education in Diphtheria and Tuberculosis Control



Health Education and Infant Mortality in New York City



The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Health Education Programs



The Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic



Early Twentieth-Century Mortality Trends and Rheumatic Heart Disease



The Early Years of the Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic



Rick Factors and Coronary Heart Disease



Causes, Correlations, and the Etiology of Disease



Cigarette Smoking and Statistical Correlations



Blood Pressure and the Benefits of Treatment



The Framingham Heart Study and the Risk Factor



Theories of the Causes of Coronary Heart Disease



The Diet-Heart Hypothesis



Dietary Recommendations and Guidelines



The Secular Decline in the Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic



Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index