Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health

Promoting Cardiovascular Health in the Developing World: A Critical Challenge to Achieve Global Health

Status: Available Now Size: 484 pages, 6 x 9 Publication Year:2010 Print List Price Your Price   PAPERBACK ISBN-10: 0-309-14774-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-309-14774-3 $93.00 $83.70 Add to Cart PDF   Your Price   PDF Download [5.3 MB]   Free Download PDF Chapters   Free Select Authors: Valentin Fuster and Bridget B. Kelly, Editors; Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease: Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries; Institute of Medicine Authoring Organizations Description: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), once thought to be confined primarily to industrialized nations, has emerged as a major health threat in developing countries. Cardiovascular disease now accounts for nearly 30 percent of deaths in low and middle income countries each year, ... Read More