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Increase in premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases in Sri Lanka during the first decade of the twenty-first century

BACKGROUND: Globally, non-communicable diseases (NCD) are the leading cause of death and more than 40% of NCD deaths are premature occurring before the age of 70 years. In 2012, World Health Assembly declared its commitment to reduce premature NCD mortality by 25% from 2010 to 2025. The trend of pre...

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Autores principales: Ediriweera, Dileepa Senajith, Karunapema, Palitha, Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam, Arnold, Mahendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5932898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29720157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5503-9