Non-communicable diseases in the southwest of Iran: profile and baseline data from the Shahrekord PERSIAN Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Ali Ahmadi (Author), Majid Shirani (Author), Arsalan Khaledifar (Author), Morteza Hashemzadeh (Author), Kamal Solati (Author), Soleiman Kheiri (Author), Mehraban Sadeghi (Author), Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani (Author), Hadi Raeisi Shahraki (Author), Alireza Asgharzadeh (Author), Ali Zamen Salehifard (Author), Masoumeh Mousavi (Author), Elaheh Zarean (Author), Reza Goujani (Author), Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari (Author), Hossein Poustchi (Author), Pierre-Antoine Dugué (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Critical inter-provincial differences within Iran in the pattern of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and difficulties inherent to identifying prevention methods to reduce mortality from NCDs have challenged the implementation of the provincial health system plan. The Shahrekord C...