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100 1 _aRichards-Kortum, Rebecca,
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245 1 0 _aBiomedical engineering for global health /
_cRebecca Richards-Kortum.
260 _aCambridge, UK ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2010.
300 _aviii, 408 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c29 cm.
440 0 _aCambridge texts in biomedical engineering
_912062
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aEmerging medical technologies : high stakes science and the need for technology assessment -- Bioengineering and technology assessment -- Health and economic data : a global comparison -- World health and global health challenges -- Healthcare systems : a global comparison -- Healthcare costs vs. time : trends and drivers -- The evolution of technology : scientific method, engineering design and translational research -- Prevention of infectious disease -- Ethics of clinical research -- Technologies for early detection and prevention of cancer -- Cost-effectiveness of screening for disease -- Technologies for treatment of heart disease -- Clinical trial design and sample size calculation -- Technology diffusion -- Regulation of health care technologies -- Future of bioengineering and world health.
650 0 _aBiomedical engineering.
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650 0 _aWorld health.
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650 1 2 _aBiomedical Technology.
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650 2 2 _aBiomedical Engineering.
_95584
650 2 2 _aWorld Health.
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