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1. Health Transitions and the Double Disease Burden in Asia and the Pacific

   Histories of Responses to Non-Communicable and Communicable Diseases

   Edited by Milton J. Lewis, Kerrie L. MacPherson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies

   Chronic diseases—cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes—are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking increase in the percentage of sickness in developing countries still grappling with the acute problems of...

   To Be Published September 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. Public Health in Asia and the Pacific

   Historical and Comparative Perspectives

   Edited by Milton J. Lewis, Kerrie L. MacPherson

   Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies

   The Asia-Pacific region has not only the greatest concentration of population but is, arguably, the future economic centre of the world. Epidemiological transition in the region is occurring much faster than it did in the West and many countries face the emerging problem of chronic diseases at the...

   Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge
3. Asian Department Stores

   By Kerrie L. MacPherson

   Series: ConsumAsian Series

   In this pioneering study of the development of the Asian department store, economists, anthropologists and historians examine various aspects of retailing, business organization, networking and consumerism in the expanding economies of Asia....

   Published January 26th 1998 by Routledge