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Chronic diseases and injuries in India [1]

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Chronic diseases (eg, cardiovascular diseases, mental health disorders, diabetes, and cancer) and injuries are the leading causes of death and disability in India, and we project pronounced increases in their contribution to the burden of disease during the next 25 years. Most chronic diseases are equally prevalent in poor and rural populations and often occur together.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2011
Vikram Patel [2], Somnath Chatterji [3], Dan Chisholm & et al [4]
Lancet [5]
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Diseases [6], Physical Disability [7], Non Communicable Diseases [8], Health [9], Cancer [10], Diabetes [11], Heart Diseases [12], Private Sector [13], Health Care [14], Poverty [15]
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