Global strategies to prevent non-communicable diseases: A view for the low-income societies

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-185

  Solomons, Noel W ^a  

^a Center for Studies of Sensory Impairment Aging and Metabolism Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 27744537586     PISSN: 10118578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2005.11734062     Document Type: Article

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