00000ctm a22000003a 4500 UP-1685523046125456156 Buklod 20080306103504.0 m || | | cr ||||||||||| 080306s xx d r |||| u| UPM-NURSING eng LG 995 1979 N8 C34 Caliwagan, Guia L. Layo- Some correlates of morbidity and mortality of selected diseases in the Visayas Guia L. Layo-Caliwagan. 110 leaves Thesis (Master of Arts in Nursing) -- University of the Philippines System This study is an attempt to determine the role of some factors, other than the primary agent, in disease-causation. The various inadequacies of the microbe-oriented theory have led to the development of the multi-causal theory of disease production. In contrast to the former, multi-causation theory stresses the "relative" character of the phenomenon by relating it to the place of occurrence or other interrelated variables which are favorable to disease-production. Among some variables, nutritional status, environmental quality, and socio-economic status, had been selected because these factors had often been associated with morbidity and mortality, and they are more or lesseasily assessed. Specifically, the aim of the study is to answer the following ... Diseases Causes and theories of causation. Diseases Reporting--Philippines. UPMNL NURS LG 995 1979 N8 C34 Thesis