causes, especially in large cities, from infectious and parasitic diseases, from genito-urinary disease, and from heart … disease, particularly valvular heart disease. Blacks' greater risk of death was the result both of the worse conditions in … infectious disease. Compared to the 1821-40 black cohort, the 1841-50 black cohort was both under greater stress at a young age …

Disease has traveled with goods and people since the earliest times. Armed globalization spread disease, to the extent … of eliminating entire populations. The geography of disease shaped patterns of colonization and industrialization …

disease has narrowed greatly over the course of the twentieth century, that age-specific prevalence rates of chronic diseases …

We evaluate the effects of disease type and latency on willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce environmental risks of … chronic, degenerative disease. Using contingent-valuation data collected from approximately 1,200 respondents in Taiwan, we … disease, at a 1.5 percent annual rate for a 20 year latency period. WTP to reduce the risk of cancer is estimated to be about …