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s.tung

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Why do chronic diseases in the elderly place a special burden on society?
 
  a. Chronic disease is expensive to treat and provide care for.
  b. Chronic disease is more prevalent in all societies than infectious disease.
  c. Chronic disease results in programs like Social Security becoming cheaper for everyone but the elderly.
  d. Chronic disease is an indicator of a country approaching the first demographic transition.

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Research on contemporary college and university students in the United States shows they study __________students in the past.
 
  a. less than
  b. more than
  c. about the same as
  d. twice as much as


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Jossy

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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s.tung

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
:D TYSM

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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