The double burden of disease among mining workers in Papua, Indonesia: at the crossroads between Old and New health paradigms

Abstract Background As the global shift toward non-communicable diseases overlaps with the unfinished agenda of confronting infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries, epidemiological links across both burdens must be recognized. This study examined the non-communicable disease-infectio...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez, Nawi Ng, Dwidjo Susilo, John Prawira, Michael J. Bangs, Rachel M. Amiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-09-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3630-8