title: The chronic disease explosion: artificial bang or empirical whimper?
authors.affiliation: School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 kim.mcgrail@ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Kimberlyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McGrail
authors.affiliation: McGill University Montreal.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lavergne
authors.affiliation: Access Consulting Saskatoon Simon Fraser University Burnaby.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology