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Infections, chronic disease, and the epidemiological transition : a new perspective / Alexander Mercer.

By: Mercer, Alex [author.].
Series: Publisher: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014Description: xi, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781580465083 (hardcover : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Communicable diseases | Communicable diseases | Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology | Disease Transmission, Infectious | Mortality -- trendsGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.9
Contents:
Theoretical framework, data, and study outline : the concept of epidemiological transition -- A new infectious disease environment -- Mortality decline, food, and population growth : "standard of living" and nutrition -- Smallpox -- Typhus, typhoid, cholera, diarrhea, and dysentery -- Infant mortality -- Child mortality -- Tuberculosis -- Respiratory diseases -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cancer -- Other chronic diseases -- Epidemiological transition : a new perspective.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-319) and index.

Theoretical framework, data, and study outline : the concept of epidemiological transition -- A new infectious disease environment -- Mortality decline, food, and population growth : "standard of living" and nutrition -- Smallpox -- Typhus, typhoid, cholera, diarrhea, and dysentery -- Infant mortality -- Child mortality -- Tuberculosis -- Respiratory diseases -- Cardiovascular disease -- Cancer -- Other chronic diseases -- Epidemiological transition : a new perspective.

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