Diseases

Noncommunicable Diseases

Diseases which are typically non-infectious in origin and do not transmit from an affected individual to others. The four main types of noncommunicable diseases are CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (e.g., heart attacks and stroke), CANCER, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and ASTHMA) and DIABETES MELLITUS.

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Diseases which are typically non-infectious in origin and do not transmit from an affected individual to others. The four main types of noncommunicable diseases are CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (e.g., heart attacks and stroke), CANCER, chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and ASTHMA) and DIABETES MELLITUS.

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  • Non-communicable Diseases
  • Non-infectious Diseases
  • Noninfectious Diseases
  • Disease, Non-communicable
  • Non communicable Diseases
  • Non infectious Diseases
  • Non-communicable Disease
  • Non-infectious Disease
  • Noncommunicable Disease
  • Noninfectious Disease
  • Non-communicable Chronic Diseases
  • Chronic Disease, Non-communicable
  • Non communicable Chronic Diseases
  • Non-communicable Chronic Disease

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2018

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Noncommunicable Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073296. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073296
  2. Noncommunicable Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-communicable_disease
  3. Noncommunicable Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3137154