William G. Rothstein, \"ublic Health and the Risk Factor: A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution (Rochester Studies in Medical History)\"
Publisher: University of Rochester Press | 2003 | ISBN: 1580461271 | PDF | 480 pages | 1.1 MB
\"ublic Health and the Risk Factor is a terrific book.\" JAMA The greatest revolutions in twentieth century public health and preventive medicine have been the concepts of risk factors and healthy lifestyles as methods of preventing disease. A risk factor is anything that increases the risk of disease in an individual. Lifestyle refers to the individual's personal behaviors with regard to risk factors.