Infections, Chronic Disease, and the Epidemiological Transition: A New Perspective

(Part of the Rochester Studies in Medical History Series)

by Alexander Mercer

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Examines the ongoing, worldwide epidemiological transition from acute infectious diseases to chronic diseases as the predominant causes of death, presenting a new theory on how chronic diseases have developed.

Since the eighteenth century, chronic diseases have superseded acute infectious diseases as the predominant cause of morbidity and mortality; age at death has shifted from childhood to older adult ages; and life expectancy, population,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1580465080

ISBN13:9781580465083

Release Date:December 2014

Publisher:University of Rochester Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.52 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Infections, Chronic Disease, and the Epidemiological Transition: A New Perspective

(Part of the Rochester Studies in Medical History Series)

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