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XII CONFERENCIA TÉCNICA SOBRE PRINCIPIOS Y PRÁCTICA DE LA VIGILANCIA DE ENFERMEDADES CRÓNICAS
9ª. CONFERENCIA GLOBAL DE LA ALIANZA MUNDIAL PARA LA VIGILANCIA DE LOS FACTORES DE RIESGO
St. John, Antigua
Editorial
A preface to the keynote and accepted abstracts of the Joint 9th World Alliance for Risk Factor Surveillance (WARFS) and 12th Americas' Network for Chronic Disease Surveillance (AMNET) 2015 Conference, November 18th-20th, 2015, St. John's, Antigua
A preface to the keynote and accepted abstracts of the Joint 9th World Alliance for Risk Factor Surveillance (WARFS) and 12th Americas' Network for Chronic Disease Surveillance (AMNET) 2015 Conference, November 18th-20th, 2015, St. John's, AntiguaMcQueen McQueen, Campostrini Campostrini, Solomon Chair Solomon Chair, Vilchis Hugo
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Changing perspectives in physical activity in the 21st century
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¿Is a global surveillance still valid and feasible?
¿Is a global surveillance still valid and feasible?Campostrini Stefano
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Chronic Disease Surveillance in the Americas: How academia contributes to the endeavour
Chronic Disease Surveillance in the Americas: How academia contributes to the endeavourZevallos MD. Juan Carlos
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Development of a rapid Non-communicable Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance System in China
Development of a rapid Non-communicable Disease and Risk Factor Surveillance System in ChinaWang Linhong
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Building multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary surveillance partnership
Building multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary surveillance partnershipChoi Bernard C.K.
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Gender differences in delay time for acute myocardial infarction in a Hispanic population
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Formación del talento humano en Salud
An overview of the current challenges and opportunities for surveillance
An overview of the current challenges and opportunities for surveillanceMcQueen David V.
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The association between gender and priority of admission in Florida stroke patients
The association between gender and priority of admission in Florida stroke patientsAltajar Altajar, Geldbart Geldbart, Wilkinson Wilkinson, Zevallos Zevallos, Zevallos J.C.
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Hispanic ethnicity and survival in pediatric acute lymphocytic leukemia (all) patients in Florida
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Investigating the association between children who witness domestic volence in their household and being clinically diagnosed with childhood depression
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Causas de terapia de sustitución renal en pacientes atendidos en la unidad de diálisis del Hospital San Vicente de Paúl-Ibarra
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Diabetes and atypical presentations of patients hospitalized for an acute myocardial infarction in Puerto Rico
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Implementación del plan integrado local de acción para la prevención de enfermedades crónicas Pasto Pila 2006-2015
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Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension: Trend from population-based surveys conducted in a low-middle income country
Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension: Trend from population-based surveys conducted in a low-middle income countryJ J, PA PA, López-Jaramillo López-Jaramillo, Torres Torres, Díaz Díaz, Herrera VM
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In-hospital mortality of non-st segment elevation myocardial infarction in a Puerto Rican population
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Association between gender and receipt of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in stroke patients from Puerto Rico
Association between gender and receipt of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in stroke patients from Puerto RicoPatel Patel, Patel Patel, Zevallos Zevallos, Rodrigues de La Vega Rodrigues de La Vega, Castro Castro, Varella M.
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Effect of complete heart block on in-hospital mortality in a Hispanic population presenting with acute myocardial infarction
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Poliglobulia como factor de riesgo en hipertensión arterial
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Countries' capacity to monitor Noncommunicable Diseases and Risk Factors in the Americas
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Effect of delay time on in-hospital mortality in a Hispanic Population hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction. The Puerto Rico Cardiovascular Surveillance Study: 2007, 2009 and 2011.
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Cardiovascular risk factor surveillance and physical activity among the Dubai population, UAE
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Non-communicable diseases sustained high call: China's health care model should be transformed as soon as possible
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Depression and health-adjusted life expectancy in the Canadian adult population: a descriptive study
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Unique epidemiological patterns of human infections with H7N9 avian influenza virus discovered by combined risk factor surveillance and epidemiology
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A case crossover study on the impact of heat waves on non-accidental deaths in Jinan, China
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¿Does the Kish grid sampling method distort the structure of samples in risk factor surveillance?
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Understanding of the role of surveillance in Health Promotion for NCDs among Georgians
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Health Promotion in Singapore : A need to focus on sociocultural and socioeconomic differences
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Measuring subjective wellbeing in a surveillance system: ¿who are these people who are positive?
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The impact of socioeconomic status on arthritis and osteoporosis
The impact of socioeconomic status on arthritis and osteoporosisK Gill K Gill, W Taylor W Taylor, Dal Grande Eleonora
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Characterising risk clusters in the context of curbing obesity
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Chronic Disease Surveillance in Canada: The Chronic Disease and Injury Indicator Framework
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Evaluation of epidemiological surveillance of measles/ rubella in Haiti, 2009-2013
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Monitoring Health Inequalities in Canada: Meeting the challenge through collaboration, communication and innovation
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Some health behaviours of inal year students at the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos (CMUL), Lagos, Nigeria
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Assessment of tobacco smoking status and in luence of health care professionals on tobacco cessation among outpatients in different clinics of the Department of Medicine of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Lagos, Nigeria
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Big Data Analytics for Risk Factor Surveillance
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