Measures of health and disease in Africa: Are current methods giving us useful information about trends in cardiovascular diseases?

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-277

  Cooper, Richard S ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^b,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Africa; Cardiovascular trends; Disease burden

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAURITIUS; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRATION; SEYCHELLES; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR TRENDS; CVD; DISEASE BURDEN; LMIC; LOWER MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; NCD; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; SSA; SUB-SAHARA AFRICA;

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887997958     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: 18731740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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