Rallying United Nations organizations in the fight against noncommunicable diseases

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chestnov, Oleg ^a   Van Hilten, Menno ^a   McIff, Colin ^b   Kulikov, Alexey ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Permanent Mission of the Republic   (Switzerland)

^c Permanent Mission of Ethiopia   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MASS COMMUNICATION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICS; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84883384726     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.128348     Document Type: Article

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