The United Nations High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: A missed opportunity?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2010-2012

  Sivaramakrishnan, Kavita ^a   Parker, Richard G ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84867519650     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300768     Document Type: Review

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