Non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: context, determinants and health policy.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on October 01, 2008

Authors

J J Miranda1, S Kinra, J P Casas, G Davey Smith, S Ebrahim

Author Affiliations

1: Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

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