| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 352 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Evaluating the health burden of chronic diseases -- Sick individuals, sick populations: The societal determinants of chronic diseases -- Social and economic consequences of chronic diseases -- Comprehensive strategies to reduce the burden of chronic diseases -- Politics of chronic disease -- Activities of the private sector -- Comparative case studies from Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa -- Responding to the global challenge of sick societies -- Appendix: Resources for action -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"Chronic diseases-heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, and common cancers-claim more than one out of every two lives worldwide. Within the next few decades their toll will rise, most greatly in developing countries. Yet this rapid growth of chronic diseases is not being met with a proportionate global response. Left unaddressed, they pose a major threat to social and economic development. This book is the first to synthesize the growing evidence-base surrounding chronic disease, comprehensively addressing the prevention and control of chronic diseases from epidemiologic, economic, prevention/management, and political economy perspectives"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
EBL |
| Subject |
Chronic diseases -- Developing countries -- Epidemiology
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Chronic diseases -- Developing countries -- Prevention
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Chronic diseases.
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World health.
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Medical policy.
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Chronic Disease
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Global Health
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Cost of Illness
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Risk Factors
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Health Policy
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MEDICAL -- Long-Term Care.
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World health
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Medical policy
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Chronic diseases
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Chronic diseases -- Epidemiology
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Chronic diseases -- Prevention
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Chronische Krankheit
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Gesundheitsförderung
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stuckler, David
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Siegel, Karen
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| ISBN |
9780191731204 |
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019173120X |
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9780191621055 |
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0191621056 |
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9780191621468 |
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0191621463 |
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1283581663 |
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9781283581660 |
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9786613894113 |
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6613894117 |
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