ABSTRACT

First published in 1973, Short Textbook of Public Health Medicine for the Tropics, Fourth Edition was designed to provide medical students and other trainees with an introduction to the principles of public health with special reference to the situation in developing countries of the tropics.Rather than attempting to provide a detailed comprehensiv

chapter 2|18 pages

HEALTH STATISTICS: INFORMATION FOR HEALTH

chapter 3|20 pages

EPIDEMIOLOGY

chapter 6|22 pages

INFECTIONS THROUGH THE RESPIRATORY TRACT

chapter 7|92 pages

ARTHROPOD-BORNE INFECTIONS

chapter 9|22 pages

NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS

chapter 10|26 pages

ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES

chapter 11|10 pages

APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC EVALUATION

chapter 12|18 pages

FAMILY HEALTH

chapter 13|16 pages

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

chapter 14|10 pages

HEALTH PROMOTION AND EDUCATION