Young people and noncommunicable diseases – vulnerable to disease, vital for change

Youth have a right to health, but that is not adequately reflected in our societies and health systems. In fact, for cancer, diabetes, chronic lung disease, and cardiovascular diseases - so-called noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) - more than two-thirds of preventable adult deaths are associated with...

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Main Authors: Marie Hauerslev, Luke Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.ijncd.org/article.asp?issn=2468-8827;year=2018;volume=3;issue=2;spage=45;epage=48;aulast=Hauerslev