Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... environmental factors and health is not sufficient if they do not correspond to dominant ideas , or are seen to be detrimental to the interests of powerful social interests . It has taken many decades to prove the point against tobacco ...
... environmental factors and health is not sufficient if they do not correspond to dominant ideas , or are seen to be detrimental to the interests of powerful social interests . It has taken many decades to prove the point against tobacco ...
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... Environmental factors now subject the body to a multiplicity of chemical and biological agents that are promoting disease . Whilst our immune system might ensure that most exposure does not immediately result in disease , as the body ...
... Environmental factors now subject the body to a multiplicity of chemical and biological agents that are promoting disease . Whilst our immune system might ensure that most exposure does not immediately result in disease , as the body ...
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... environmental sources . Four out of five cancers are environmental in origin , caused by a range of toxic substances , called carcinogens . They are either inhaled , ingested or come into contact with the skin . Smoking , industrial ...
... environmental sources . Four out of five cancers are environmental in origin , caused by a range of toxic substances , called carcinogens . They are either inhaled , ingested or come into contact with the skin . Smoking , industrial ...
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reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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