Preventing chronic diseases: how many lives can we save?

By Kathleen L Strong, Colin D Mathers, S. Leeder, R. Beaglehole. The Lancet, 2005

750 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Epidemiology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Citations in the corpus

• Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 update. (2007, background): “It is projected that a reduction in the death rate due to chronic diseases by just 2% over 1 decade would prevent 36 million deaths (6).”
• Mortality from ischaemic heart disease by country, region, and age: Statistics from World Health Organisation and United Nations (2013, background): “The impact of prevention and treatment strategies has been projected for non-communicable diseases in low-and-middle income countries and can potentially reduce age standardised death rates by 2% per year [44].”