Combating chronic disease in developing countries.

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Published in Lancet on June 13, 2009

Authors

Elizabeth G Nabel1, Simon Stevens, Richard Smith

Author Affiliations

1: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. nhlbiiod@nhlbi.nih.gov

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