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Author: David Hollar
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Edition: 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 7.332kg
ISBN: 9783319253237
ISBN 10: 3319253239
Pages: 386
Publication Date: 16 February 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Gene/environment interaction are a young field of research, playing a great role on the intrauterine and postnatal development. The understanding of the significance of epigenetic mechanisms is clearly described in 16 chapters with a large list of references. For geneticists, neonatologists and pediatricians. (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 14 (2), December, 2016) The author describes the purpose as providing healthcare providers, policy makers, and healthcare consumers with a consultative resource to improve epigenetic health worldwide. ... It is directed at healthcare professionals as well as those interested in public health directives. ... Geneticists, as well as those involved in health surveillance such as cancer, may find this book very educational. ... It should raise awareness among the general public about epigenetics. There are very few books that deal with this subject. (Luis F. Escobar, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016)
The author describes the purpose as providing healthcare providers, policy makers, and healthcare consumers with a consultative resource to improve epigenetic health worldwide. ... It is directed at healthcare professionals as well as those interested in public health directives. ... Geneticists, as well as those involved in health surveillance such as cancer, may find this book very educational. ... It should raise awareness among the general public about epigenetics. There are very few books that deal with this subject. (Luis F. Escobar, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016)
Gene/environment interaction are a young field of research, playing a great role on the intrauterine and postnatal development. The understanding of the significance of epigenetic mechanisms is clearly described in 16 chapters with a large list of references. For geneticists, neonatologists and pediatricians. (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews (PER), Vol. 14 (2), December, 2016) The author describes the purpose as providing healthcare providers, policy makers, and healthcare consumers with a consultative resource to improve epigenetic health worldwide. ... It is directed at healthcare professionals as well as those interested in public health directives. ... Geneticists, as well as those involved in health surveillance such as cancer, may find this book very educational. ... It should raise awareness among the general public about epigenetics. There are very few books that deal with this subject. (Luis F. Escobar, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016)
Author Information
David Hollar, PhD, MS is an Associate Professor of Health Administration at Pfeiffer University. He received his PhD in Curriculum and Teaching from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he was awarded the graduate school’s Outstanding Dissertation Award.Hollar successfully completed postdoctoral research in community health at the NIDRR-funded Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Substance Abuse and Employment at Wright State University.His specialties include multivariate statistics, structural equation models, mathematical models, disability policy, and decision-making. Hollar has numerous peer-reviewed publications on health risk factors, allostatic load, behavioral genetics, and disability policy. He edited and coauthored the Handbook of Children with Special Health Care Needs, published by Springer in 2012. He has served on the editorial board of the Maternal and Child Health Journal since 2005.
