Dissimilar associations of same metabolic parameters with main chronic noncommunicable diseases (cancer vs some other NCDs)
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Chronic noncommunicable diseases and population surveys
The epidemiological method, with increasing importance in the area of general health and, in particular, of Public Health, is a relevant field of study. It subsidizes, among other aspects, the definition of public policies on health. Among its several study designs, cross-sectional (or prevalence) studies are robust tools to describe living conditions and health situations of populations and sp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Future Oncology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1479-6694,1744-8301
DOI: 10.2217/fon-2019-0643