Epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current situation and challenges

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 557-571

  Barreto, Sandhi M ^a   Miranda, Jaime J ^b,c   Figueroa, J Peter ^d   Schmidt, Maria Inês ^e   Munoz, Sergio ^f   Kuri morales, P Pablo ^g   Silva, Jarbas B ^h  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^h MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Global health; Health inequality; Health status; Latin America and Caribbean

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BELIZE; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHILE; COLOMBIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILITY; FUNDING; GUYANA; HAITI; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INJURY; JAMAICA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TRAINING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; URBAN POPULATION; VENEZUELA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PARAGUAY;

EID: 84859647779     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys017     Document Type: Article

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