Public health crisis in China is about to accelerate the public health crisis in our worlds population

European Heart Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-159

  Visscher, Tommy L S ^a,b  

^a WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84856193739     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr217     Document Type: Review

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