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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.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1 CHRONIC DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY
Chapter 1 Global Burden of Chronic Disease

Part 2 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Chapter 2 Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter 3 Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease
Chapter 4 Epidemiology of Myocardial Infarction
Chapter 5 Epidemiology of Stroke
Chapter 6 Epidemiology of Hypertension

Part 3 CANCER
Chapter 7 Pathogenesis of Cancer
Chapter 8 Theories of Carcinogenesis
Chapter 9 Global Epidemiology of Cancer
Chapter 10 Environmental Risk Factors of Cancer
Chapter 11 Global Cancer Prevention and Control
Chapter 12 Epidemiology of Lung Cancer
Chapter 13 Epidemiology of Head and Neck Cancer
Chapter 14 Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer
Chapter 15 Epidemiology of Stomach Cancer
Chapter 16 Epidemiology of Colon Cancer
Chapter 17 Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer
Chapter 18 Epidemiology of Liver Cancer
Chapter 19 Epidemiology of Breast Cancer
Chapter 20 Epidemiology of Ovarian Cancer
Chapter 21 Epidemiology of Cervical Cancer
Chapter 22 Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer
Chapter 23 Epidemiology of Urinary Bladder Cancer
Chapter 24 Epidemiology of Kidney Cancer
Chapter 25 Epidemiology of Sarcoma
Chapter 26 Epidemiology of Malignant Melanoma
Chapter 27 Epidemiology of Lymphoma
Chapter 28 Epidemiology of Leukemia
Chapter 29 Epidemiology of Brain Tumors

Part 4 RESPIRATORY DISEASE
Chapter 30 Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chapter 31 Epidemiology of Asthma

Part 5 METABOLIC DISEASE
Chapter 32 Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus
Chapter 33 Epidemiology of Obesity
Chapter 34 Epidemiology of Thyroid Disease
Chapter 35 Epidemiology of Kidney Disease
Chapter 36 Epidemiology of Liver Disease

Part 6 MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE
Chapter 37 Epidemiology of Osteoporosis
Chapter 38 Epidemiology of Arthritis

Part 7 NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE
Chapter 39 Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 40 Epidemiology of Parkinson’s Disease
Chapter 41 Epidemiology of Schizophrenia
Chapter 42 Epidemiology of Epilepsy
Chapter 43 Epidemiology of Multiple Sclerosis
Chapter 44 Epidemiology of Suicide

Part 8 CHRONIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chapter 45 Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
Chapter 46 Epidemiology of Malaria
Chapter 47 Epidemiology of HIV Disease

Reviews

"This book is excellent, exceptionally scientific, innovatively written, and encyclopedic in nature. It is a must for practitioners and academicians in the field of epidemiology, medicine, and other allied health sciences." - Doody's Book Review, 5 stars

About the Authors

Randall E. Harris, MD, PhD-Director, Center of Molecular Epidemiology and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, College of Medicine, Departments of Emergency Medicine & Pathology, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio