Noncommunicable diseases.

@article{Hunter2013NoncommunicableD,
  title={Noncommunicable diseases.},
  author={David J. Hunter and K. Srinath Reddy},
  journal={The New England journal of medicine},
  year={2013},
  volume={369 14},
  pages={
          1336-43
        }
}
From the Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston (D.J.H.); the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi (K.S.R.); and the World Heart Federation, Geneva (K.S.R.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Hunter at the Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, or at dhunter@hsph.harvard.edu. 
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