Raising the priority of chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Caribbean

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Hospedales, C James ^a   Samuels, T Alafia ^b   Cummings, Rudolph ^c   Gollop, Gayle ^d   Greene, Edward ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c Caribbean Community Secretariat   (Guyana)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean region; Chronic disease; Political factors; United Nations

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAT; FOOD SECURITY; RISK FACTOR; STATE ROLE; UNITED NATIONS;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CHRONIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 82955235124     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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