Public Health and the Risk Factor: A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution

William G. Rothstein

doi:10.1017/9781580466141

A look at how the concept of 'risk factor' has influenced public health and preventive medicine, with an emphasis upon the study of heart disease.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of Tables
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Preface
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1 - Introduction
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Part 1 - The Invention of the Risk Factor
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2 - The Origins of Probability and Statistics
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3 - Censuses and Vital Statistics
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4 - Statistical Analyses of Medical and Social Data
pp 36-49
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5 - Life Insurance and the Risk Factor
pp 50-74
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Part 2 - Health Education for Healthy Lifestyles
pp 75-76
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6 - Cultural And Environmental Influences On Urban Mortality Rates
pp 77-94
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7 - The Germ Theory and Health Education in Diphtheria and Tuberculosis Control
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8 - Health Education and Infant Mortality in New York City
pp 119-145
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9 - The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Health Education Programs
pp 146-176
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Part 3 - The Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic
pp 177-178
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10 - Early Twentieth-Century Mortality Trends and Rheumatic Heart Disease
pp 179-191
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11 - The Early Years of the Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic
pp 192-217
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Part 4 - Rick Factors and Coronary Heart Disease
pp 219-220
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12 - Causes, Correlations, and the Etiology of Disease
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13 - Cigarette Smoking and Statistical Correlations
pp 238-259
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14 - Blood Pressure and the Benefits of Treatment
pp 260-278
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15 - The Framingham Heart Study and the Risk Factor
pp 279-285
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16 - Theories of the Causes of Coronary Heart Disease
pp 286-294
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17 - The Diet-Heart Hypothesis
pp 295-313
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18 - Dietary Recommendations and Guidelines
pp 314-342
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19 - The Secular Decline in the Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic
pp 343-358
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20 - Epilogue
pp 359-368
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Notes
pp 369-426
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