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Author:
Kowal, Deborah, author.
Title:
The China-US partnership to prevent spina bifida : the evolution of a landmark epidemiological study / Deborah Kowal.
Publisher:
Vanderbilt University Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xvii, 235 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Epidemiology--China.
Epidemiology--United States.
Spina bifida--China.
Spina bifida--United States.
Epidemiologic Studies--China.
Epidemiologic Studies--United States.
Spinal Dysraphism--prevention & control--China.
Spinal Dysraphism--prevention & control--United States.
History, 20th Century--China.
History, 20th Century--United States.
International Cooperation--China--History.
International Cooperation--United States--History.
Spinal Dysraphism--epidemiology--China.
Spinal Dysraphism--epidemiology--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Looking for gold -- Barefoot doctors and shoe-leather epidemiologists -- Trust, control, and funding -- Suspicion and doubt -- Squeezed -- Atlas of heartache -- Hungarians and changed plans -- The community intervention -- Data cleaning -- Road's end? -- Lessons learned.
Summary:
"An American-Chinese partnership to prevent spina bifida and related birth defects succeeded through old-fashioned field epidemiology, advocates with influence, and genuine collaboration based on personal relationships built on trust, respect, and shared problem-solving"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0826520278
9780826520272
082652026X
9780826520265
OCLC:
(OCoLC)885313586
LCCN:
2014030775
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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