Research Catalog

Title

Global dermatology : diagnosis and management according to geography, climate, and culture / [edited by] Lawrence Charles Parish, Larry E. Millikan, with Mohamed Amer ... [et al.].

Publication

New York : Springer-Verlag, c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Parish, Lawrence Charles
• Millikan, Larry E., 1936-
• Amer, Mohamed

Description

xvi, 359 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 26 cm.

Subject

• Dermatology
• Medical geography
• Skin > Diseases > Epidemiology
• Dermatology > Cross-cultural studies
• Skin Diseases > diagnosis
• Skin Diseases > therapy
• Climate
• Anthropology, Cultural

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 2. Tropical Medicine and Tropical Public Health / Barnet L. Cline -- 3. Dermatological Epidemiology / R. J. Hay and R. Estrada Castanon -- 4. Climatology / Luitgard G. Wiest -- 5. Culture and Socioeconomic Background: Constructing the Relationship Between the Skin, Touch, and Sexuality / Sander L. Gilman -- 6. The Cultural Construction of Illnesses of the Skin / Inga-Britt Krause -- 7. The Globalization of Medical and Dermatologic Education / Alton I. Sutnick, Miriam Friedman and Marjorie P. Wilson -- 9. The United States of America / Y. Alyssa Kim and Robert A. Schwartz -- 10. Western Europe / Aldo F. Finzi and Alberto Fioroni -- 11. The United Kingdom / Robin A. C. Graham-Brown and Rebecca L. Neame -- 12. Immigrants in Eastern Europe / Albrecht Scholz -- 13. Africa / Adekunle O. George -- 14. Travel Medicine / Rita Sigg-Martin, Alfred Eichmann and Robert Steffen -- 16. Diseases Affected by Heat / S. Bose and J. P. Ortonne -- 17. Diseases Affected by Cold: Arctic and Subarctic Areas / Gunnar Lomholt.
• 18. Diseases Affected by War: The Korean Experience / Sungnack Lee and Sung Ku Ahn -- 19. Global Veterinary Dermatology / Peter J. Ihrke -- 21. Diseases Among Arab People / Mohamed Amer -- 22. Diseases Among Australian Aborigines / Allen C. Green -- 23. Diseases Among Black People / K. Erik Kostelnik and Cherie M. Ditre -- 24. Diseases Among Jewish People / Abraham Feinstein -- 25. Diseases Among Native American People / Dennis A. Weigand -- 27. Caribbean Region / Anthony J. Badame -- 28. Chile / Juan F. Honeyman -- 29. Colombia / Rafael Falabella -- 30. Mexico / Luciano Dominguez-Soto -- 31. Venezuela / Mauricio Goihman-Yahr -- 32. Germany / Gunter Stuttgen -- 33. Greece / John D. Stratigos, A. Katsambas and D. Rigopoulos -- 34. Malta / Joseph L. Pace -- 35. Poland / Stefania Jablonska -- 36. Malawi / Gunnar Lomholt -- 37. Nigeria / Yetunde Mercy Olumide -- 38. Rwanda / Eric Van Hecke -- 39. South Africa / E. Joy Schulz -- 40. Japan / Yoshiki Miyachi -- 41. India / Patrick Yesudian.
• 42. Lebanon / Ramsay S. Kurban and Amal K. Kurban -- 43. United Arab Emirates / Ahmed Moh'd Abu Shareeah -- 44. Therapeutic Considerations / Mohamed Amer -- 45. Antimicrobial Therapy / J. Carl Craft -- 46. Antifungal Therapy / G. Cauwenbergh -- 47. Antiparasitic Therapy / Mohamed Amer.

ISBN

• 0387941401 (New York : acid-free paper)
• 3540941401 (Berlin : acid-free paper)

LCCN

93026905

OCLC

• 28550356
• ocm28550356
• SCSB-4752130

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries