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Socioeconomic inequality in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: Results from the World Health Survey

BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases are an increasing health concern worldwide, but particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study quantified and compared education- and wealth-based inequalities in the prevalence of five noncommunicable diseases (angina, arthritis, asthma, depression...

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Autores principales: Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza, Bergen, Nicole, Mendis, Shanthi, Harper, Sam, Verdes, Emese, Kunst, Anton, Chatterji, Somnath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22726343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-474