Preventing chronic diseases: How many lives can we save?

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9496, 2005, Pages 1578-1582

  Strong, Kathleen ^a   Mathers, Colin ^a   Leeder, Stephen ^b   Beaglehole, Robert ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 27544508598     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67341-2     Document Type: Review

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