China's biggest, most neglected health challenge: Non-communicable diseases

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tang, Shenglan ^a   Ehiri, John ^b   Long, Qian ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Evidence based public health interventions; Health system reform; Infectious diseases; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

EID: 84896724205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-2-7     Document Type: Article

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