Syndemics and Global Health by M Singer PAPERBACK 9781118852125

Syndemics and Global Health\nby M Singer\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: M Singer\nTitle: Syndemics and Global Health\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Sociology: family and relationships\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd\nEdition: Volume 36, Issue 2\nISBN-13: 9781118852125\nISBN-10: 1118852125\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe health of populations around the world is being impacted by the development of syndemics. A syndemic is a set of enmeshed and mutually enhancing health problems that, working together in a context of noxious social and physical conditions, can significantly affect the overall disease burden and health status of a population. Defined more precisely as the concentration and deleterious interaction of two or more diseases or other health conditions .