Action on noncommunicable diseases: Balancing priorities for prevention and care

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Maher, Dermot ^a   Ford, Nathan ^b  

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

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPONSIBILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 79960990934     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.091967     Document Type: Editorial

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