Non-communicable diseases in Brazil: mortality patterns, morbidity studies and risk factors
Lotufo, P.A.
Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion 47(2 Suppl 1: 25-29
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0622 PMID: 9659414 Document Number: 475008
The aim of this presentation is to give an overview on non-communicable diseases in Brazil and to speculate about singular data that have been described in our country. The high rates of esophageal cancer, the elevated high blood pressure prevalence and some determinants of the decline of cardiovascular mortality are discussed more deeply.
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