Cardiovascular and infectious diseases in South Asia: The double whammy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7443, 2004, Pages 781-

  Basnyat, Buddha ^a   Rajapaksa, Lalini Chandika ^a,b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INFECTION; LAW; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFESTYLE; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; PARASITOSIS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; TYPHOID FEVER; VACCINATION;

EID: 1842558762     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7443.781     Document Type: Editorial

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