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

by Alexander Mercer

Since the eighteenth century, chronic diseases have superseded acute infectious diseases as the predominant cause of morbidity and mortality; age at death has shifted from childhood to older adult ages; and life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, and the proportion of older people continue to increase. This transition constitutes a fundamental change in the human condition, and thus an understanding of the historical process behind it is of major importance.
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• 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"