As Allmusic's Steve Huey writes, "It helped spearhead the artistic renaissance of New York hip hop in the post-Chronic era, leading a return to street aesthetics".
As researcher John McKinley summarises, 'The perspectives and methods developed during the infectious and chronic disease eras have limited utility in the face of newly emerging challenges to public health' (McKinlay and Marceau, 2000a).
Before the antibiotic era, chronic staphylococcal infections such as chronic furunculosis and osteomyelitis were frequently treated by therapeutic vaccination with autologous formalin-killed S. aureus cells [ 14, 16– 16].
Some people are requesting cellphones, second-hand cars or even canisters of gasoline, in this era of chronic fuel shortages and deepening poverty, to sweeten the deal.
Educators suggested that the only solution would be to omit the period after King Mohammed Zahir Shah, whose ouster in 1973 ushered in an era of chronic political instability.
Given the fear that a new era of chronic shortages may have begun, it is perhaps understandable that the name of Thomas Malthus is in the air.
In an era of chronic ear infections, widespread iPod use and rampant attention-deficit disorders, school officials have embraced the microphones for mainstream classrooms, pointing to research suggesting that all children learn better when they hear instruction loud and clear.
In an era of chronic unpredictability, the only constant is change, and it is occurring on an epic scale.
As the 21st century marches inexorably onwards, in the era of chronic disease, big data and mobile devices how prescient or outdated is Voltaire's assertion?
CTEPH: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; ERA: Endothelin receptor antagonist; EUR: Euro; NYHA: New York Heart Association; PA: Prostacyclin analogues; PEA: Pulmonary endatherectomy; PDE-5: Phosphodiesterase-5; PAH: Pulmonary arterial hypertension; PH: Pulmonary hypertension; UK: United Kingdom; USD: US dollars.
In an era where chronic diseases are important and health resources are often determined on self-reported estimates, it is important that the difference between self-report and actual estimates are known and documented.
