Facing a "slow-motion disaster" - The UN Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2345-2348

  Rosenbaum, Lisa ^a   Lamas, Daniela ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; NEOPLASM; NEPHROLOGIST; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; TANZANIA; UNITED NATIONS; UREMIA; VOMITING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH; KIDNEY DISEASE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84855166051     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1112235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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