Burden of noncommunicable diseases and national strategies to control them in Korea

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 155-164

  Khang, Young Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Diet; Korea; Noncommunicable disease; Policy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; THYROID CANCER;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; KOREA; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; POLICY; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIET; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84882751793     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2013.46.4.155     Document Type: Article

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