Level of neighborhood environmental factors related to noncommunicable diseases in selected wards of urban Puducherry, South India

• Main Authors: Gokul Sarveswaran (Author), Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy (Author), Manikanda Nesan Sakthivel (Author), Karthiga Vijayakumar (Author), Yamini Marimuthu (Author), Palanivel Chinnakali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Environmental factors play an important role in development of risk factors. Hence, the study was done to assess the neighborhood environmental factors related to NCDs in urban area. METHODOLOGY: This communit...