Burden of non-communicable disease: Global overview

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Habib, Samira Humaira ^a   Saha, Soma ^a  

^a Diabetic Association of Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Burden; Non communicable disease; Worldwide

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BODY MASS; CANCER PREVENTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; MODERN TIMES; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TREND STUDY; URBANIZATION; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84860166786     PISSN: 18714021     EISSN: 18780334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2008.04.005     Document Type: Review

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