Tropical Pediatrics

A Public Health Concern of International Proportions

Joav Merrick, Richard R Roach, Donald E Greydanus, Dilip R Patel, Douglas N Homnick (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

207 Seiten

2012
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61942-831-7 (ISBN)

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Tropical medicine is a branch of medicine focusing on disorders usually found in subtropical and tropical areas of the world. Tropical paediatrics is a branch of tropical medicine focusing on children in these areas. The current process of global warming and the widespread issue of international travel are bringing these conditions to many places of the globe. This book highlights selective concepts of tropical paediatrics that are of importance to clinicians caring for children and adolescents.

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US) Donald E Greydanus, MD, Dr. HC (Athens), FAAP, FSAM (Emeritus), FIAP (HON) is Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, as well as Pediatrics Program Director at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine (WMED), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He is also Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (East Lansing, Michigan, USA) as well as Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Received the 1995 American Academy of Pediatrics' Adele D. Hofmann Award for Distinquished Contributions in Adolescent Health, the 2000 Mayo Clinic Pediatrics Honored Alumnus Award for National Contributions to the field of Pediatrics, and the 2003 William B Weil, Jr., MD Endowed Distinguished Pediatric Faculty Award from Michigan State University College of Medicine for National and international recognition as well as exemplary scholarship in pediatrics. Received the 2004 Charles R Drew School of Medicine (Los Angeles, CA) Stellar Award for contributions to pediatric resident education and awarded an honorary membership in the Indian Academy of Pediatricsan honor granted to only a few pediatricians outside of India. Was the 2007-2010 Visiting Professor of Pediatrics at Athens University, Athens, Greece and received the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Outstanding Community Faculty Award in 2008

Preface; Foreword; Introduction: Tropical pediatrics; Recognizing community priorities, needs & water safety; Perspectives on immunizations; Malnutrition; The human immunodeficiency virus in pediatrics; Tropical nephrology; Malaria; Dengue virus infection; Schistosomiasis; Soil-transmitted helminths; Intestinal, lung & liver flukes; Snakebites; Chagas disease; Scorpion envenomation; Burkitt lymphoma; About the editors; About Pediatric & Human Development, Michigan; About the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development in Israel; About Pediatrics, child & adolescent health book series; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	554 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
ISBN-10	1-61942-831-8 / 1619428318
ISBN-13	978-1-61942-831-7 / 9781619428317
Zustand	Neuware