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Nitin Shivappa1,2,3
1South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA. shivappa@email.sc.edu.
Abstract:
Chronic non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes represent the majority of the current burden of disease worldwide, with higher rates and impacts in developed countries but also with alarming trends in developing countries [...].
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