[Chronic kidney disease--a public health problem?].
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Chronic diseases have become a major public health problem. Chronic diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in India and other lowand middle-income countries. The chronic diseases account for 60% of all deaths worldwide. Eighty percentage of chronic disease deaths worldwide occur in lowand middleincome countries.1 In India, the projected number of deaths due to chronic disease was around 5.21 million in 2008 and is expected to rise to 7.63 million in 2020 (66.7% of all deaths).2
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Lakartidningen
دوره 110 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013