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Non‐communicable diseases in the tropics
Author(s) -
Taylor Richard
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb137832.x
Subject(s) - developing country , urbanization , tropics , epidemiological transition , context (archaeology) , environmental health , medicine , epidemiology , developed country , malnutrition , intensive care medicine , development economics , geography , economic growth , biology , pathology , population , economics , archaeology , fishery
The way of life in many developing countries in the tropics is in a state of transition — from traditional to “modern”, with its associated industrialisation, urbanisation and cultural readjustment. Infectious diseases are giving way to non‐communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, adult onset diabetes, cancers, trauma and non‐infectious respiratory diseases, as major causes of morbidity and premature mortality. The epidemiology, causality, prevention and treatment of these conditions is summarised in the context of developing countries.