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To examine the escalating global burden of non-communicable diseases and evaluate their socioeconomic consequences in developing nations.

March 1, 2018The Lancet Planetary HealthOpen Access

Pollution and non-communicable disease: time to end the neglect

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To examine the escalating global burden of non-communicable diseases and evaluate their socioeconomic consequences in developing nations.
Reviewed global epidemiological trends in non-communicable disease mortality across different economic strata.
Assessed health transitions in low- and middle-income countries from famine to chronic disease epidemics, alongside economic impact analyses.
Non-communicable diseases account for 72% of all deaths globally, with this proportion actively expanding over time.
The largest increases in mortality occur in low- and middle-income countries experiencing concurrent epidemics of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
Chronic disease epidemics substantially deplete human capital and incur heavy economic costs that threaten to undermine social and economic development trajectories.

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Epidemiological review demonstrates rising non-communicable disease mortality in low- and middle-income nations, highlighting significant threats to global socioeconomic development.

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Fuller et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a707fc55d37378ac1dd9b7d https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(18)30020-2

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Epidemiological review demonstrates rising non-communicable disease mortality in low- and middle-income nations, highlighting significant threats to global socioeconomic development.

Pollution and non-communicable disease: time to end the neglect

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Pollution and non-communicable disease: time to end the neglect

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