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Chronic Disease in the Twentieth Century : A History /

Chronic Disease in the Twentieth Century challenges the conventional wisdom that the concept of chronic disease emerged because medicine's ability to cure infectious disease led to changing patterns of disease. Instead, it suggests, the concept was constructed and has evolved to serve a variety...

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Autor principal: Weisz, George (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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