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Title

At the edge of development : health crises in a transitional society / edited by Richard L. Guerrant, M. Auxiliadora de Souza, Marilyn K. Nations ; photography by Cynthia Lee Vukasovich.

Publication

Durham, NC : Carolina Academic Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Guerrant, Richard L.
• Souza, M. Auxiliadora de.
• Nations, Marilyn K.

Description

xviii, 449 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Epidemiology
• Tropical medicine
• Public health > Developing countries
• Developing Countries
• Public Health
• Tropical Medicine
• Brazil

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Development and Disease: Lessons from Brazil / M. K. Nations and L. A. Rebhun -- 2. Culture, Saints and Cures in the Sertao / M. K. Nations and A. P. Barreto -- 3. Patterns of Morbidity in Childhood in Northeastern Brazil / J. F. McAuliffe, N. L. Lima and R. L. Guerrant -- 4. Mortality among Rural and Urban Families: An Indicator of Development and Implications for the Future / R. L. Guerrant, J. F. McAuliffe and M. A. de Souza -- 5. Etiologies and Epidemiology of Childhood Diarrhea in Brazil's Northeast / R. L. Guerrant, N. L. Lima and C. L. Sears -- 6. The Physiologic Basis for Oral Rehydration Therapy and Its Improvements / A. A. M. Lima, Khin Maung U. and R. L. Guerrant -- 7. Helicobacter pylori: Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer and Gastric Cancer in Developing Countries / L. L. Braga, B. J. Marshall, H. Moreno, J. K. Roche, A. A. M. Lima, D. Meneges, S.-X. Zu and R. L. Guerrant --
• 8. The Illness Burden in Poor Rural and Urban Communities: Enteric Parasitic Infections / R. A. Pennie, R. D. Pearson, M. I. McAuliffe and R. L. Guerrant -- 9. Identification of the High Risk Child for Life-Threatening Diarrheal and Respiratory Illnesses / J. B. Schorling -- 10. Pathogenesis of Persistent Diarrhea / C. A. Wanke, J. F. McAuliffe and R. L. Guerrant -- 11. Viral Respiratory Tract Illnesses in a Developing Tropical Area: Prospective Studies in Goncalves Dias, Fortaleza, Brazil / E. Arruda, F. C. Geist, M. I. McAuliffe and F. G. Hayden -- 12. Blood and Tissue Parasitic Infections Endemic to Northeast Brazil: Schistosomiasis, Cysticercosis and the Leishmaniases / T. G. Evans, A. Q. Sousa, J. E. Alencar, A. W. Vasconcelos, S. M. B. Jeronimo, T. G. Naidu and R. D. Pearson -- 13. Chagas' Disease (American Trypanosomiasis) in the State of Ceara, Brazil / J. E. Alencar and L. V. Kirchhoff --
• 14. Emerging Impact of AIDS in Brazil's Northeast / A. Q. Sousa, T. G. Evans, B. Wispelwey and R. L. Guerrant -- 15. Nutritional Studies in Pacatuba: Relationship to Diet, Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Illnesses / J. A. Leslie and M. A. de Souza -- 16. Diarrhea and Nutritional Status in Urban Northeast Brazil: Interrupting the Vicious Cycle / J. F. McAuliffe, J. B. Schorling and R. L. Guerrant -- 17. Health Impacts of Household Water Quality and Availability / R. L. Guerrant, L. V. Kirchhoff, D. S. Shields, J. M. Hughes, E. W. Hook and M. A. de Souza -- 18. The Cultural Context of Breast-Feeding: Perspectives on the Recent Decline in Breast-Feeding in Northeast and Northcentral Brazil / B. Lares, L. A. Rebhun, M. A. de Souza and M. K. Nations -- 19. Antibiotic Use Among Children in Goncalves Dias: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Consequences / J. B. Schorling and R. L. Guerrant --
• 20. The Brazilian Health Care Delivery System: A Challenge for the Future / M. Kisil and F. B. Tancredi -- 21. Search for a Solution: Blending Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) and Popular Medicine / M. K. Nations and M. L. Amaral -- 22. Realizing the Potential Development Holds for Health and the Human Condition: Integration of Biomedical Understanding with Popular Practice / R. L. Guerrant.

ISBN

0890897883

LCCN

94073847

OCLC

ocm34891789

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries