Time to Deliver in 2018: WHO Independent High Level Commission on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)
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Expectations for the United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases.
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From the Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (D.J.H.); the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi (K.S.R.); and the World Heart Federation, Geneva (K.S.R.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Hunter at the Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at [email protected]...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Nutrition
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2041-9775
DOI: 10.26596/wn.20189274-80