Noncommunicable diseases and injuries in Latin America and the Caribbean: Time for action

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1448-1451

  Perel, Pablo ^a   Casas, Juan P ^a   Ortiz, Zulma ^b   Miranda, J Jaime ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL AMERICA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INJURY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBANIZATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARIBBEAN REGION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33748995405     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030344     Document Type: Review

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