Alexander Mercer

Infections, Chronic Disease, and the Epidemiological Transition

A New Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9781580465083
• ISBN-10: 1580465080
• Artikelnr.: 40703592

Autorenporträt

Alexander Mercer

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Background 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 Appendixes Notes Bibliography Index