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Singer, Merrill.

Introduction to syndemics : a critical systems approach to public and community health / Merrill Singer. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009. - xxi, 274 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Learning from lichen : reconceptualizing health and disease -- Trucking between the bailiwicks : multidisciplinarity, sava, and synergies in health -- Exemplars : syndemic case studies -- HIV/AIDS and other infections : immune imparity and syndemogenesis -- Beyond contagion : HIV/AIDS and noninfectious disease syndemogenesis -- Inequity as a cofactor : the syndemic impact of social disparities -- Syndemics and the worlds they made -- A world out of balance : emergent and reemergent ecosyndemics -- Practical utility : mobilizing the syndemic model in the promotion of health and treatment of disease.

ISBN: 9780470472033 0470472030

LCCN: 2009008869

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA944621 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101497686 DNLM 015175001 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Syndemics.
Poor--Health and hygiene.
Health Status Disparities.
Ecology.
Healthcare Disparities.
Social Medicine.
Systems Theory.

LC Class. No.: RA652 / .S56 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2009 I-420 WA 300.1 / S617i 2009