Measuring the economic and social consequences of cvds and diabetes in India and Pakistan

BioScience Trends

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 121-127

  Govender, Veloshnee M ^a   Ghaffar, Abdul ^b   Nishtar, Sania ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Global Forum for Health Research   (Switzerland)

^c Heartfile Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes; India; Pakistan; Socio economic impact

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDIA; PAKISTAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INDIA; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 77952294220     PISSN: 18817815     EISSN: 18817823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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