Non-communicable diseases in southeast Asia
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Non-communicable diseases in southeast Asia.
2004 www.thelancet.com Vol 377 June 11, 2011 According to Antonio Dans, lack of workforce and infra structure is one of the limitations to management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in southeast Asia. We agree that the health-care delivery system was designed mainly to manage acute infectious diseases in resourcelimited southeast Asian countries. However, many of these countries have also e...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)60864-7