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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019 Background Studies on the determinants of carotid intima‐media thickness (CIMT), a marker of sub‐clinical atherosclerosis, mostly come from white, Asian, and diasporan black populations. We present CIMT data from sub‐Saharan Africa, which is experiencing
Engelbert A. Nonterah +26 more
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Characterising two-pathogen competition in spatially structured environments [PDF]
, 2014 Different pathogens spreading in the same host population often generate complex co-circulation dynamics because of the many possible interactions between the pathogens and the host immune system, the host life cycle, and the space structure of the ...
Colizza, Vittoria +5 more
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Rehabilitation: The health strategy of the 21st century. [PDF]
, 2017 There is strong evidence that population ageing and the epidemiological transition to a higher incidence of chronic, non-communicable diseases will continue to profoundly impact societies worldwide, putting more pressure on healthcare systems to respond ...
Bickenbach, Jerome +3 more
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Development of Housing and Communal Infrastructure of the Kemerovo Region in 1946–1950
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2019 The present research features the state of housing and communal infrastructure in the Kemerovo region. The author identifies the patterns and features of its development in 1946–1950.
Zlata V. Borovikova
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, 2017 Contains fulltext : 190586.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)20 ...
Devos, Isabelle, Janssens, Angélique
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The epidemiologic transition in Peru [PDF]
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2005 En el presente trabajo se examina la transicion epidemiologica en el Peru y se demuestra que los cambios observados en la situacion de salud del pais constituyen un buen ejemplo del modelo de transicion no occidental que describe los cambios epidemiologicos producidos a lo largo del tiempo en paises en desarrollo en funcion de tres etapas.
Huynen, Maud M T E +3 more
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The epidemiological transition
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2021 The epidemiological transition was thought to be a unidirectional process, beginning when infectious diseases were predominant and ending when noncommunicable diseases dominated the causes of death. It is now evident that this transition is more complex and dynamic where health and disease evolve in diverse ways.
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The development and experience of epidemiological transition theory over four decades: a systematic review [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2013 Background: Epidemiological transition (ET) theory, first postulated in 1971, has developed alongside changes in population structures over time. However, understandings of mortality transitions and associated epidemiological changes remain poorly ...
Ailiana Santosa +4 more
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A Cross-Sectional Study on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment among the Adult Population in Poonamallee Taluka, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu [PDF]
HealthlineIntroduction: Non – Communicable Diseases, driven by factors like increased life expectancy, urbanization and unhealthy lifestyles have become a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Anjugam Sugavanam +4 more
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Essential evidence for guiding health system priorities and policies: anticipating epidemiological transition in Africa [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: Despite indications that infection-related mortality in sub-Saharan Africa may be decreasing and the burden of non-communicable diseases increasing, the overwhelming reality is that health information systems across most of sub-Saharan Africa
Peter Byass +2 more
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