Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control / editors, Shanthi Mendis, Pekka Puska...
Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control / editors, Shanthi Mendis, Pekka Puska...
Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control / editors, Shanthi Mendis, Pekka Puska and Bo Norrving.
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Geneva : World Health Organization in collaboration with the World Heart Federation and the World Stroke Organization, c2011.
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N616.1/11
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English
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vi, 155 p. : col. ill., col. charts, col. maps ; 26 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Section A Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) due to atherosclerosis -- 1.What are cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)? -- 2.Death and disability due to CVDs (heart attacks and strokes) -- 3.The underlying pathology of heart attacks and strokes -- 4.Evidence for prevention of...
Contents note continued: 16.Heart attacks and strokes in women -- 17.Other determinants of CVDs: Ageing, globalization and urbanization -- 18.Inequities and CVDs -- Section B Other cardiovascular diseases -- 19.Cardiac arrhythmia -- 20.Congenital heart disease -- 21.Rheumatic heart disease: A neglec...
Contents note continued: 30.Policies and strategies to addressthe harmful use of alcohol -- 31.Individual interventions for prevention and control of CVDs -- 32.Role of primary health care in prevention and control of CVDs -- 33.Best buys for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and control -- 34...
Contents note continued: Annex III Regional Declarations on NCDs -- Annex IV Contact information -- Annex V Age-standardized death rates per 100,000 both sexes by cause and Member State, 2008 (1).
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Geneva : World Health Organization in collaboration with the World Heart Federation and the World Stroke Organization, c2011.
Date Published
c2011.
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Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control / editors, Shanthi Mendis, Pekka Puska and Bo Norrving.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-126, 131-132) and index.
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Also available online. Address as at 31 January, 2012 :http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241564373_eng.pdf.
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c2011.
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N616.1/11
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74Vvow7BBNRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvow7BBNRb
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9789241564373 (pbk.)
9241564377
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616.1
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991013108129702626
