Noncommunicable disease mortality in the Russian Federation: from legislation to policy

Political, social and economic transitions that occurred as a result of the regime change in Eastern Europe and the Russian Federation from the late 1980s to the early 1990s led to a sudden increase in mortality across the region, with more than 80% of deaths being attributable to preventable causes...

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Main Authors: Marya Levintova, Thomas Novotny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-11-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004001100013&lng=en&tlng=en