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. 2019 Jan 28:364:l257.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l257.

Life course approach to prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

Bente Mikkelsen  1 , Julianne Williams  2 , Ivo Rakovac  2 , Kremlin Wickramasinghe  2 , Anselm Hennis  3 , Hai-Rim Shin  4 , Mychelle Farmer  5 , Martin Weber  1 , Nino Berdzuli  1 , Carina Borges  2 , Manfred Huber  2 , João Breda  2
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Life course approach to prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

Bente Mikkelsen et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

A successful approach to reducing the burden of non-communicable disease requires action at all stages of life, argue Bente Mikkelsen and colleagues

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this article and they do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy, or views of the World Health Organization.

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