Enhancing regional capacity in chronic disease surveillance in the Americas

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-141

  Choi, Bernard C K ^a   Corber, Stephen J ^b   McQueen, David V ^c   Bonita, Ruth ^d   Zevallos, Juan C ^c   Douglas, Kathy A ^d   Barceló, Alberto ^b   Gonzalez, Miguel ^e   Robles, Sylvia ^b   Stachenko, Sylvie ^a   Hall, Mary ^c   Champagne, Beatriz M ^f   Lindner, M Cristina ^g   De Salazar, Ligia M ^h   Granero, Ricardo ⁱ   Soto De Laurido, Lourdes E ^j   Lum, Washington ^k   Torres, Rogger E ^l   Warren, Charles W ^c   Mokdad, Ali H ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Americas' Netwk Chron Dis S   (Colombia)

^f InterAmerican Heart Foundation   (United States)

^g Ministry of Public Health Uruguay   (Uruguay)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

ⁱ Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud   (Venezuela)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^k Ministry of Health   (Panama)

^l MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

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Author keywords

Americas; Chronic disease; Epidemiology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 20044374180     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892005000200012     Document Type: Review

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