The 10 'Best Buys' to combat heart disease, diabetes and stroke in Africa

Heart

Volumn 99, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 973-974

  Mayosi, Bongani M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC FEVER; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SORE THROAT;

INFECTION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA AND INFARCTION (IHD); PERICARDIAL DISEASE; VALVULAR DISEASE;

AFRICA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84879693993     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304130     Document Type: Editorial

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