Epidemiology of chronic disease : global perspectives : Harris, Randall E : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

xx, 723 pages : 28 cm

Epidemiology of Chronic Disease: Global Perspectives is the most current and authoritative resource on the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, risk factors and preventive factors of forty common chronic diseases. This comprehensive text provides readers with an excellent basis for examining current hypotheses regarding chronic disease epidemiology. Organized into eight sections, the text begins with an introductory chapter examines the new public health environment in which chronic diseases have replaced acute infectious conditions concurrent with improved health care and increasing longevity in many populations of the world. Subsequent sections cover cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, major forms of cancer, diseases of the respiratory tract, metabolic and digestive diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and finally, three infectious diseases that often manifest as chronic conditions. Special sections in each chapter focus on controversial topics that can serve as a launching point for classroom discussion of molecular mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and the relevant epidemiologic issues pertaining to the prevention and control of chronic diseases

Includes bibliographical references and index

Global epidemiology of chronic diseases : the epidemiologic transition -- Global epidemiology of cardiovascular disease -- Epidemiology of ischemic (coronary) heart disease -- Epidemiology of myocardial infarction -- Epidemiology of stroke (cerebral infarction) -- Epidemiology of hypertension -- Pathogenesis of cancer -- Theories of carcinogenesis -- Global epidemiology of cancer -- Major environmental cancer risk factors -- Global cancer prevention and control -- Epidemiology of lung cancer -- Epidemiology of oral cavity cancer -- Epidemiology of esophageal cancer -- Epidemiology of stomach cancer -- Epidemiology of colorectal cancer -- Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer -- Epidemiology of primary liver cancer -- Epidemiology of breast cancer -- Epidemiology of ovarian cancer -- Epidemiology of cervical cancer -- Epidemiology of prostate cancer -- Epidemiology of urinary bladder cancer -- Epidemiology of kidney cancer -- Epidemiology of sarcoma -- Epidemiology of malignant melanoma -- Epidemiology of lymphoma -- Epidemiology of leukemia -- Epidemiology of brain tumors with special reference to gliomas -- Epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Epidemiology of asthma -- Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus -- Epidemiology of obesity -- The epidemiology of thyroid disease -- Epidemiology of kidney disease -- Epidemiology of cirrhosis of the liver -- Epidemiology of osteoporosis -- Epidemiology of arthritis -- Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease -- Epidemiology of Parkinson's disease -- Epidemiology of schizophrenia -- Epidemiology of epilepsy -- Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis -- Epidemiology of suicide -- Epidemiology of tuberculosis -- Epidemiology of malaria -- Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS