Prevalences and trends of chronic diseases in Shaanxi Province, China: Evidence from representative cross-sectional surveys in 2003, 2008 and 2013.
OBJECTIVES:Non-communicable diseases, which can refer to chronic diseases that are not caused by infectious agents and can endure for a long time, are currently regarded as a critical public health problem in China. This study aimed to estimate the prevalences of self-reported physician-diagnosed ch...
Main Authors: | Sha Lai, Jianmin Gao, Zhongliang Zhou, Xiaowei Yang, Yongjian Xu, Zhiying Zhou, Gang Chen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6107240?pdf=render |
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