Originally published in 1980, this book focusses attention on various aspects of disease ecology. A series of contrasts appear, between urban and rural, temperate and tropical, and affluent and poor communities. These socio-geographical contrasts are related to a further dichotomy between infectious (usually acute) diseases, and non-infectious (usually chronic) ones. The first part of the book is largely concerned with infectious disease, such as malaria and gastroenteritis, in rural/tropical/poor communities. The second discusses the often-antithetical combination of chronic disease in urban/temperate/affluent populations.

Table of Contents:

1. Ecological Factors in Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever 2. From Malaria Eradication to Malaria Control 3. Ecological Factors in Gastroenteritis 4. Nutrition and Infectious Disease 5. Modelling the Transmission of Rabies P. Armitage 6. Urbanization and Stress 7. The Ecology of Chronic Lung Disease 8. Ecological Factors in Multiple Sclerosis in North-East Scotland 9. International and Urban-Rural Variation in Cancer 10. Affluence, Urbanization and Coronary Heart Disease 11. Social Class and Disease.

Sociology in general, methodology, handbooks

Social issues, social work

Medicine in general

Infectious diseases, microbiology

Tropical medicine, parasitology

Patient information, Alternative medicine, personal health

Further readings in medicine

Sociology in general, methodology, handbooks (charity campaign)

Social issues, social work (charity campaign)

Medicine in general (charity campaign)

Infectious diseases, microbiology (charity campaign)

Tropical medicine, parasitology (charity campaign)

Patient information, Alternative medicine, personal health (charity campaign)

Further readings in medicine (charity campaign)

Disease and Urbanization

Originally published in 1980, this book focusses attention on various aspects of disease ecology. A series of contrasts appear, between urban and rural, temperate and tropical, and affluent and poor communities.