Publication

2004-10-01 - Springer Publishing Company

Language

English

Word Count

58,500 words, Guess

Page Count

234 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004019614
  • Goodreads3194941

Classifications

  • LCCRA424.5.B74 A3 2004

Description

From his time as a Truman appointee on the Health Needs of the Nation to his tenure as Dean of UCLA's School of Public Health, Dr. Lester Breslow has been a force behind the most important public health developments of the last century. With his trademark humor and conviction, Breslow recounts his participation in the field's ground swell from the study of communicable disease to the current control of chronic illnesses. He reveals the story behind his Human Population Laboratory's "seven healthy habits" (sleep right, eat right, don't smoke, don't drink too much, exercise, keep your.

First Sentence

I was born in 1915 in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • A Life In Public Health: An Insider's RetrospectiveHardcoverSpringer Publishing Company2004-10-01

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