Non-communicable diseases in the South-East Asia Region: Burden, strategies and opportunities

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 280-287

  Narain, Jai P ^a   Garg, Renu ^a   Fric, Anton ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856643905     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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