Cardiac Disease Patterns in Northern Malawi: Epidemiologic Transition Perspective
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Cardiac Disease Patterns in Northern Malawi: Epidemiologic Transition Perspective
BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a strongly emerging problem in developing countries. The documentation and prediction of CVD patterns are important for policy makers if actions are to be taken to curb this problem. We aimed to document the current CVD patterns in Malawi, and associate these patterns to the theory of epidemiologic transition as a means of predicting future CVD pattern...
متن کاملAuthor’s Response Regarding Cardiac Disease Patterns in Northern Malawi: Epidemiologic Transition Perspective
We thank O. S. Ogah for his interest in our article “Cardiac Disease Patterns in Northern Malawi: Epidemiologic Transition Perspective”1. In his letter,2 Ogah agrees with us that the current epidemiologic transition in Northern Malawi is characterized by new patterns of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Ogah, however, believes that we might have been incorrect when we stated that there was no simi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1349-9092,0917-5040
DOI: 10.2188/jea.je2008006