Statistics of chronic disease control

Nature. 1992 Apr 16;356(6370):557-8. doi: 10.1038/356557a0.

Abstract

Control of the chronic diseases of middle age is increasingly important, in developed and in developing countries, as other causes of premature death decrease. It requires bigger clinical trials, and better epidemiology.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Chronic Disease / epidemiology*
  • Chronic Disease / mortality
  • Communicable Disease Control*
  • Communicable Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Developing Countries
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Mortality
  • Life Expectancy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / mortality
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology