The effectiveness of interventions for non-communicable diseases in humanitarian crises: A systematic Review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Ruby, Alexander ^a   Knight, Abigail ^a   Perel, Pablo ^a   Blanchet, Karl ^a   Roberts, Bayard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; EASTERN EUROPE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE EAST; MONITORING; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUTH ASIA; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THALASSEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; WARFARE;

ARTHRITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; THALASSEMIA; WARFARE;

EID: 84947714617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138303     Document Type: Article

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