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Epidemiology of Chronic Disease
Author(s): Randall E. Harris (Author)
- Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
- Publication Date: 11 May 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 724 pages
- ISBN-10: 0763780472
- ISBN-13: 9780763780470
Book Description
Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: Global Perspectives presents the most up-to-date information on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, risk factors and preventive factors of common chronic diseases. Special sections of each chapter focus on controversial topics in the epidemiology of each disease that facilitates active discussion of molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and the relevant epidemiologic issues pertaining to the prevention and control of chronic diseases.
Covering epidemiology of all major chronic diseases ranked in the top twenty causes of death globally, as well as selected minor conditions that significantly afflict the human population, this comprehensive text provides readers with an excellent basis for examining current hypotheses regarding chronic disease epidemiology.
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About the Author
EducationM.D., University of Nebraska 1983Ph.D., Genetics, North Carolina State University 1974M.S., Genetics, University of Nebraska 1971Board Certifications: Clinical Pathology, Public Health’ResearchEpidemiological studies of selective and non-selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors and cancer.’BooksCOX-2 Blockade in Cancer Prevention and Therapy (2002). Humana Press: New York, NY.Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Diseases: The COX-2 Controversy (2007). Springer: New York, NY.”Dr. Harris has written 135 peer reviewed scientific articles, numerous book chapters, and edited two major textbooks on the role of inflammation in the etiopathogenesis of cancer and other chronic diseases. His research shows that inhibition of the inducible cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene has powerful anti-neoplastic effects against major forms of cancer. In recognition of this work, he was elected a’ Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by his peers.’
