Curbing the lifestyle disease pandemic: making progress on an interdisciplinary research agenda for law and policy interventions

Abstract By 2030, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) will be the leading cause of death in every region in the world. While law and policy have an important role to play in curbing this pandemic, our current understanding of how they can most effectively be used is still limited. This contribution iden...

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Main Authors: Brigit Toebes, Marlies Hesselman, Jitse P. van Dijk, Joost Herman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC International Health and Human Rights
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12914-017-0131-5