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Disease Transitions

Disease Transitions is a theoretical framework in chronic disease demography that characterizes the systematic shift in disease patterns from infectious to chronic noncommunicable diseases within populations over time, driven by epidemiological, demographic, and socioeconomic changes.

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14.8K

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503

Authors

346

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2017–2026

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Publications

119

The Epidemiologic Transition: A Theory of the Epidemiology of Population Change

Abdel R. Omran · Milbank Quarterly · 2005 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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The Epidemiologic Transition: A Theory of the Epidemiology of Population Change

Abdel R. Omran · The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly · 1971 · 2.9K citations

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The Fourth Stage of the Epidemiologic Transition: The Age of Delayed Degenerative Diseases

S. Jay Olshansky, ALICIA AULT · Milbank Quarterly · 1986 · 812 citations

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Cohort Profile: The Kadoorie Study of Chronic Disease in China (KSCDC)

Zhengming Chen, Liming Lee, Junshi Chen et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology · 2005 · 465 citations · Full text

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Lifestyle, cardiometabolic disease, and multimorbidity in a prospective Chinese study

Yuting Han, Yizhen Hu, Canqing Yu et al. · European Heart Journal · 2021 · 464 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. KK
    Kathleen Kahn

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    3 publications · 204 citations

    3

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  2. RL
    Rafael Lozano

    Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, United States

    3 publications · 140 citations

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  3. ST
    Stephen Tollman

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    3 publications · 183 citations

    3

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  4. GJ
    George J. Armelagos

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    3 publications · 568 citations

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  5. MC
    Mark Collinson

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    3 publications · 204 citations

    3

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Institutions

346

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    5 h-index

    21 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    495 citations

  3. Indepth Network

    Accra, Ghana

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    493 citations

  5. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    104 citations

  6. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    676 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    370 citations

  8. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    303 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 12 publications · 531 citations

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  2. Global Health Action

    4 publications · 473 citations

    4

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  3. Statistics in Medicine

    4 publications · 305 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 3 publications · 98 citations

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  5. International Journal of Epidemiology

    3 publications · 523 citations

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