Global noncommunicable diseases - Lessons from the HIV-AIDS experience

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 876-878

  Narayan, K M Venkat ^a   Ali, Mohammed K ^a   Del Rio, Carlos ^a   Koplan, Jeffrey P ^b   Curran, James ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 80052575256     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1107189     Document Type: Short Survey

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