Surveillance and monitoring: A vital investment for the changing burdens of disease

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1139-1143

  Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INVESTMENT; MONITORING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80755169501     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr144     Document Type: Editorial

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