BLACKFOOT DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION IN TAIWAN REPUBLIC OF CHINA

n.p.: Taiwan Provincial Health Dep, 1993. HC. good+, blue cloth (hardcover). B&W and color ill., tables. The first chapter is a basic introduction to the history and causes of blackfoot disease. It describes the collective preventive efforts in the past forty years. Chapter two is written from an epidemiological viewpoint, covering the epidemiological distributions of the disease by geography, gender and age. Chapter two also discusses the possible relationship between blackfoot disease and cancer. The third chapter introduces the symptoms, anatomical changes, disease stages, clinical standards and treatment methods of blackfoot disease. Chapter four discusses the origin of blackfoot disease. Chapter five discusses medical treatments and cures. Chapter six looks at past achievements and future prospects for the prevention of blackfoot disease. Appendix is a collection of all related references to help advance future research. 105pp.