Profile of Non-communicable Disease Risk Factors Among Young People in Palau
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Profile of Non-communicable Disease Risk Factors Among Young People in Palau
BACKGROUND Although non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become the predominant health problems of Palauan society, there have been no comprehensive data on NCD risk factors available to develop effective control strategies. Therefore, the first Palauan national STEPwise approach to risk factor Surveillance (STEPS) was completed in mid-2013 to provide information on its adult population aged 2...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0917-5040,1349-9092
DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20140156