Most chapters focus on Germany but some compare the German situation with that of France (Tucci) or Israel (Kogan et al)., while others look at other European countries such as Austria (Latcheva and Herzog-Punzenberger) or the UK (Muttarak).
Unlike most books on this subject, which concentrate on describing the agent and its molecular properties, this book focuses on public health aspects of the diseases, and most chapters are divided on the basis of the vector that carries the agents.
The site-specific chapters in the section devoted to clinical radiation oncology follow a standard layout for most chapters, with sections on incidence, anatomy, pathology, clinical presentation, routes of spread, diagnostic studies, staging, prognostic factors and standard therapeutic approaches.
Most chapters also include sections on other factors affecting steppes such as invasive species, afforestation, urbanisation and fire.
Most chapters classify young adults based on their position in several life domains at a certain age, even if information on sequencing and timing of life events is available, thus ignoring the dynamic character of the data.
Most chapters are short enough to read on a bus or Tube ride or on a coffee break, but each is rich with fascinating ideas to contemplate for the remainder of the day.....................
I found the chapter on sampling lacking in examples, unlike most chapters in the book.
Although most chapters begin with a conventional introduction (overlap, which may have been avoided with a specific chapter on epidemiology), the book is well written and the content easy to assimilate.
Most chapters include a useful summary or conclusions, a list of related topics in other chapters, and a list of further reading, and many chapters emphasize a significant problem faced by researchers and policy makers working on the natural world.
Architecturally the most recent chapter on this block is P.S. 6, at the corner of Bedford and Snyder Avenues.
