Tackling NCDs: A different approach is needed

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9829, 2012, Pages 1860-1861

  De Maeseneer, Jan ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^c   Demarzo, Marcelo ^d   Heath, Iona ^e   Sewankambo, Nelson ^f   Kidd, Michael R ^g   Van Weel, Chris ^h   Egilman, David ⁱ   Boelen, Charles ^j   Willems, Sara ^b  

^a Secretariat of the Network: Towards Unity for Health   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Secretariat of Global Consensus for Social Accountability of Medical Schools   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84861051525     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61135-5     Document Type: Note

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