Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Topics in Public Health

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David Claborn
David Claborn

American University of Iraq-Baghdad

Published17 June 2015

Doi10.5772/58484

ISBN978-953-51-2132-9

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-4221-8

Copyright year2015

Number of pages308

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1. An Overview of The Public Health Global Perspective on the Grand Challenges of Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases Within the Framework for Developing new Drugs

By Estella Tembe-Fokunang, Charles Fokunang, Zacharia Sando, Barbara Atogho Tiedeu, Frederick Kechia, Valentine Ndikum, Marceline Ngounoue Djuidje, Jerome Ateudjieu, Raymond Langsi, John Fomnboh Dobgima, Joseph Fokam, Luc Gwum, Obama Abena, Tazoacha Asonganyii, Jeanne Ngongang, Vincent K. Titanji and Lazare Kaptue

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3. Alcohol Consumption Among Adolescents — Implications for Public Health

By Francisca Carvajal and Jose Manuel Lerma-Cabrera

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7. A New Direct Detection System for Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

By Stephen C. Edberg and J. Michael Miller

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8. Review of Iron Supplementation and Fortification

By Lauren C. Ramsay and Christopher V. Charles

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9. A Review on the Assessment of the Potential Adverse Health Impacts of Carbamate Pesticides

By Elsa Dias, Fernando Garcia e Costa, Simone Morais and Maria de Lourdes Pereira

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10. Use of Natural Latex as a Biomaterial for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot — A New Approach to Treating Symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus

By Suélia de Siqueira Rodrigues Fleury Rosa, Maria do Carmo Reis, Mário Fabricio Fleury Rosa, Diego Cólon, Célia Aparecida dos Reis and José Manoel Balthazar

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11. The Public Health perspective on Migratory Health – Displaced Populations in Global Disease Epidemics

By Charles Fokunang, Estella Tembe-Fokunang, Zacharia Sando, Marceline Ngounoue Djuidje, Barbara Atogho Tiedeu, Frederick Kechia, Jerome Ateudjieu, Valentin Ndikum, Raymond Langsi, Dobgima Fomnboh, Joseph Fokam, Luc Gwum, Obama Abena, Tazoacha Asongani, Vincent Pryde Titanji and Lazare Kaptue

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