Human Helminthiases in the Philippines - The Epidemiological and Geomedical Situation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)

For medical scientists, biologists and geographers interest- ed in geomedical problems the helminthiases can be a fas- cinating object of research. Their distribution is due to the in part very complicated parasite life cycles which fre- quently depend on the presence of intermediate hosts. The search for the causes of the distribution of helminthiases requires to take into account not only such geofactors as affect the parasite developmental stages outside man but go beyond this and include the entire web of factors which contribute to the conditions for the distribution of their in- termediate hosts. Last, but by no means least, it is, however, man who through his customs and habits, his settlements and dwellings, his population density and, above all, his interference in the environment, determines the distri- bution of helminthiases. The frequency, persistence and areal expansions are a consequence of the interplay and in- teraction of all the geofactors. The aim of every geomedi- cal analysis must be to prove the causes of their distri- bution through a chain of causation which has no gaps. A classic example of such a chain had already been set out in the 1920s when Ernst Rodenwaldt investigated the occur- rence of brugiasis in the Serajoe Delta on Java, and it is Rodenwaldt's analysis which has served as a model for this work. The idea of producing the monograph presented here arose from the Geomedical Monograph Series edited by Helmut 1. Jusatz.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Sitzungsber.Heidelberg 85, 1985 / 1985
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	1985
Authors:	Erhard Hinz
Translators:	J.A. Hellen • I. F. Hellen
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	315
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-70843-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Medical microbiology & virology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > General
LSN:	3-642-70843-9
Barcode:	9783642708435

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!