TY - JOUR T1 - Historic UN health summit tackles noncommunicable disease threat JF - The Nation's Health JO - Nations Health SP - 10 LP - 10 VL - 41 IS - 9 AU - Donya Currie Y1 - 2011/11/01 UR - http://www.thenationshealth.org/content/41/9/10.1.abstract N2 - For the second time in the history of the United Nations, the UN General Assembly met to tackle a health issue and adopted an agreement to fight noncommunicable diseases, namely cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes. ER -