health factorsecological factorsenvironmental factorsSociological reflection on medicine and health is based, on the one hand, on the multidimensional reality of the 鈥瀐ealth phenomenon and on the other hand, on the old sense of sociology which is, according to its founders, a science of welfare...
Sociological reflection on medicine and health is based, on the one hand, on the multidimensional reality of the „health phenomenon and on the other hand, on the old sense of sociology which is, according to its founders, a science of welfare and human freedom. In this respect, the probl...
These sociocultural aspects of customary living are important to the health care professionals to forecast the disease prevalence and to take preventive efforts with time. Also after the precipitation of illness, the treatment and management of the disease is largely affected by the social status, ...
The project tries to establish facts and evidence on the ageing process in EU countries and relate this process with health and retirement issues. Five dimensions of the ageing process have been considered: population, mortality, longevity, lifecourses and morbidity. Conventionally measured ageing can...
A 70 million population for Malaysia by the year 2010 has been officially targeted for in the mid-term review of the Fourth Malaysia Plan 1981-1985. In response to this a preliminary investigation was undertaken into the health aspects of population growth; infant mortality rates are used as th...
This work explains basic demographic concepts and their relevance to health planning. It describes population growth as the result of the interplay of fertility, mortality, and migration, and explains the demographic and epidemiologic transitions. A summary view of economic conditions since World War II...
Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing industries in the food sector. The global supply of fish for human consumption has outpaced population growth in the past five decades - preliminary estimates suggest per capita intakes higher than 20 kg (20.2)1, double the level of the 1960s - th...
(Book Reviews: Population and Biological Aspects of Human Mutation) (1981). In Population and Biological Aspects of Human Mutation , Hook, E.B. and Porter, I.H., (eds.) (Academic Press, New York) pp. 209–234.W. J. Schull, M. Otake, and J. V. Neel, in: “Population and ...
Overall, the literature supports the notion that low environmental Se is linked to susceptibility to Hg toxicity and that Se levels could be used as a bioindicator to monitor the health of Hg-exposed subjects. However, in light of the limited human data on this subject, further epidemiological ...
It has been estimated that one in three adults has experienced alterations in their mental health in the course of their life [3]. The study of mental health in the school-age population is relevant due to its role in the development, in all its aspects – physical, social, intellectual ...