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Volume 4, Issue 8, Page 8 (August 2008)


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Chronic Illness More Deadly Than Infections

JONATHAN GARDNER (London Bureau)

Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke are now the biggest killers worldwide, signifying the shift of global disease burden away from communicable diseases, the World Health Organization said in its annual international health statistics report.

PII: S1553-3212(08)70256-5

doi:10.1016/S1553-3212(08)70256-5


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