Chronic diseases in developing countries

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9605, 2007, Pages 2076-2078

  Banatvala, Nicholas ^a   Donaldson, Liam ^a  

^a Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SAFETY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MALARIA; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 37349043750     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61877-7     Document Type: Note

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