Two steps forward--and one back?
In Croatia, as in Yugoslavia as a whole, the immense economic progress achieved since the Second World War has been accompanied by a marked decline in the prevalence of infectious and parasitic diseases. On the other hand there has been an upsurge in chronic diseases, attributable to changes in life-styles. Third World countries now undergoing rapid development should see this as a timely warning.
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D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006296:Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012922:Social Change; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology