The Health of adults in the developing world /
Half or more of health resources in developing countries are consumed by the age group that supports society - adults between the ages of fifteen and sixty. To improve the allocation of these resources for adult health, it is first necessary to improve our understanding of it. This book is an import...
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
1992
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- Foreword / Hiroshi Nakajima
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1. Introducing adult health / Richard G. A. Feachem, Margaret A. Phillips, and Rodolfo A. Bulatao
- 2. Adult mortality: levels, patterns, and causes / Christopher J.L. Murray, Gonghuan Yang, and Xinjian Qiao
- 3. Adult morbidity: limited data and methodological uncertainty / Christopher J. L. Murray, Richard G. A. Feachem, Margaret A. Phillips, and Carla Willis
- 4. The consequences of adult Ill-health / Mead Over, Randall P. Ellis, Joyce H. Huber, and Orville Solon
- 5. Current and future determinants of adult Ill-Health / Tord Kjellstrom, Jeffrey P. Koplan, and Richard B. Rothenberg
- 6. The emerging agenda for adult health / Margaret A. Phillips, Richard G. A. Feachem, and Jeffrey P. Koplan
- Appendix.