Care of non-communicable diseases in emergencies

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10066, 2017, Pages 326-330

  Slama, Slim ^a   Kim, Hyo Jeong ^a   Roglic, Gojka ^a   Boulle, Philippa ^b   Hering, Heiko ^c   Varghese, Cherian ^a   Rasheed, Shahnawaz ^d,e   Tonelli, Marcello ^f  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c United Nations Commission for Refugees   (Switzerland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARTHQUAKE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RATE; NATURAL DISASTER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WAR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; RELIEF WORK;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 84994697650     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31404-0     Document Type: Note

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