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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459043703321

Titolo

Promoting cardiovascular health in the developing world [[electronic resource] ] : a critical challenge to achieve global health / / Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries, Board on Global Health, Valentin Fuster and Bridget B. Kelly, editors ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-78728-4

9786612787287

0-309-14775-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (483 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FusterValentin

KellyBridget B

Disciplina

616.105

Soggetti

Cardiovascular system - Diseases - Prevention

Health promotion - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Developing countries Health promotion services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease""; ""3 Development and Cardiovascular Disease""; ""4 Measurement and Evaluation""; ""5 Reducing the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease: Intervention Approaches""; ""6 Cardiovascular Health Promotion Early in Life""; ""7 Making Choices to Reduce the Burden of Cardiovascular Disease""; ""8 Framework for Action""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Appendix C: Public Session Agendas""

""Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations""""Appendix E: World Bank Income Classifications July 2009""