The prevention of global chronic disease: Academic public health's new frontier

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1386-1391

  Greenberg, Henry ^a,b   Raymond, Susan U ^a   Leeder, Stephen R ^c,d  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960451066     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300147     Document Type: Article

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