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

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mercer, Alex (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014.
Colección:Rochester studies in medical history ; vol. 31.
Temas:
Communicable diseases > Epidemiology.
Communicable diseases > Transmission.
Communicable Diseases > epidemiology
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Mortality > trends
Maladies infectieuses > Épidémiologie.
Maladies infectieuses > Transmission.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > History.
Communicable diseases > Epidemiology
Communicable diseases > Transmission
Epidemiologie
Sterblichkeit
Lebensstandard
Lebenserwartung
Chronische Krankheit
Infektionskrankheit
Großbritannien
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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