Health transitions and the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific : histories of responses to non-communicable and communicable diseases / edited by Milton J. Lewis, Kerrie L. MacPherson. - New York : Routledge, 2013 - xiii, 317 p. : ill. 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Chronic diseases--cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes--are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countrie

9780415575430 (hardback);9780203095140 (ebook)

2012011799


Epidemiology;Communicable diseases;Chronic diseases;HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues.;HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General.;MEDICAL / General.

614.425 / HEA 2013