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International Journal of Community & Family Medicine Volume 3 (2018), Article ID 3:IJCFM-142, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2018/142
Commentary
Strategies for Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases in Seafarers and Fishermen: Lessons Learned

Olaf Jensen1,2*, George Charalambous3, Agnes Flores4, Fereshteh Baygi1,5, MLuisa Canals6 and Debbie Andrioti1

1Centre of Maritime Health and Society, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs vej 9, 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
2Faculty of Health, National University of Panama, Panama City, Panama
3Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece & Frederick University Cyprus , 1036 Nicosia, Cyprus
4Caja Seguro Social, Vacamonte, Panamá & Universidad Metropolitana de Educación Ciencia y Tecnología
5Occupational Health Research Centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6University of Cadiz, Spain, Spanish Society of Maritime Medicine (SEMM) & IMHA-Research
Dr. Olaf Jensen, Centre of Maritime Health and Society, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Niles Bohrs vej 9, 6700, Esbjerg, Denmark; E-mail: ocj@health.sdu.dk
03 July 2018; 01 August 2018; 03 August 2018
Jensen O, Charalambous G, Flores A, Baygi F, Canals M, et al. (2018) Strategies for Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases in Seafarers and Fishermen: Lessons Learned. Int J Community Fam Med 3: 142. https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2018/142
© 2018 Jensen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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