Health, disease & the environment / Harold D. Foster.

London : Belhaven Press ; Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1992.

xvii, 516 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Truth or consequences: the health field concept -- Sudden infant death syndrome: food for thought -- Heart disease: the hard reality -- Stroke: the ultimate insult -- Cancer of the esophagus: claws of the crab -- Breast cancer: one in ten? -- Diabetes mellitus: a dog's life -- Dementia: the failure of success -- Multiple sclerosis: the white woman's burden -- Parkinson's disease: the other side of the coin? -- Schizophrenia: Mrs. Jack Spratt's disease? -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: two for the price of one? -- The way ahead.