Commentary: The social transition of cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries: Wait and see is not an option

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1429-1431

  Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; INCOME; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; OBESITY; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84886378953     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt084     Document Type: Note

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