Launching the Latin American Epidemiological Cooperation relating to Noncommunicable Diseases

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Paulo Andrade Lotufo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo

MD, DrPH. Full Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

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2018-06-07

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Lotufo PA. Launching the Latin American Epidemiological Cooperation relating to Noncommunicable Diseases. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 7 [cited 2025 Oct. 17];136(3):189-91. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/1266

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