Poverty is not the absolute cause of deaths due to non-communicable diseases

World Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 221-236

  Singh, Ram B ^a   Anjum, Baby ^b   Takahashi, Toru ^c   Martirosyan, Danik M ^d   Pella, Daniel ^e   De Meester, Fabien ^f   Wilson, Douglas W ^g   Beehari, S S D ^h   Keim, Markus ^h   Shastun, Sergey ^h  

^a HALBERG HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Functional Food Center Inc   (United States)

^e P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^f The Tsim Tsoum Institute   (Poland)

^g DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h PEOPLES FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Deaths; General education; Health education; Social classes; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSE; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 84879825204     PISSN: 15564002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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