Chronic diseases: An increasing challenge in developing countries

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 321-324

  Yach, Derek ^a   Kellogg, Marissa ^a   Voute, Janet ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD HEART FEDERATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICS; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 14944359242     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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