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

by William G. Rothstein

Book Overview

A look at how the concept of "risk factor" has influenced public health and preventive medicine, with an emphasis upon the study of heart disease.

The greatest revolutions in twentieth-century public health and preventive medicine have been the concepts of risk factors and healthy lifestyles as methods of preventing disease. A risk factor is anything that increases the riskof disease in an individual. Lifestyle refers to the individual's personal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580462863
• ISBN13: 9781580462860
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"