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A history of the diseases of humankind and their causes from earliest times to present day. The author asserts that in hunter-gatherer, agricultural, and industrial society, human disease results from a lack of basic resources or from exposure to hazards. New threats to health from increasing industrialization are addressed: non-communicable diseases caused by genetic maladaptation to new chemical substances and to changes in diet and lifestyle. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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This book is a history of the diseases of humankind and their causes from earliest times to the present day. It is a tour de force drawing upon the author's extensive work on the history of infection, as well upon evidence drawn from archaeology, history and demography.
Both infectious and almost all non-communicable diseases are potentially eradicable. Just how they are and the significance of Professor McKeown's finding for health policies in developing countries, are the concluding themes of this controversial work.
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