Accelerating progress on non-communicable diseases

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9895, 2013, Pages e4-e5

  Sacco, R L ^a   Smith, S C ^b   Holmes, D ^c   Shurin, S ^d   Brawley, O ^h   Cazap, E ⁱ   Glass, R ^e   Komajda, M ^j   Koroshetz, W ^f   Mayer Davis, E ^k   Mbanya, J C ^l   Sledge, G ^m   Varmus, H ^g  

^a AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b WORLD HEART FEDERATION   (Switzerland)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

ⁱ Union for International Cancer Control   (Switzerland)

^j European Society of Cardiology   (France)

^k AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^l International Diabetes Federation   (Belgium)

^m AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIVILIZATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING BAN; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO USE; UNHEALTHY DIET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84883496229     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61477-3     Document Type: Note

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