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Community Interventions for Health Kerala, India. K R Thankappan MD,MPH For the CIH Team Kerala, India Professor and Head Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India Email: kavumpurathu@yahoo.com.
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Community Interventions for Health Kerala, India K R Thankappan MD,MPH For the CIH Team Kerala, India Professor and Head Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India Email: kavumpurathu@yahoo.com
Kerala, India Kerala Source: www.lonelyplanet.com
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Prevalence of NCD risk factors in Kerala (15-64 years) 1= JNC 7 Criteria 2= Fasting blood glucose >= 7mmol/l 3= >=90 cm in men and >=85 cm in women Thankappan K R et al. Indian J Med Res 2010;131: 53-63