Prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in Zimbabwe: Results from analysis of data from the National Central Registry and urban survey

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 718-722

  Mufunda, Jacob ^a   Chatora, Rufaro ^c   Ndambakuwa, Yustina ^e   Nyarango, Peter ^a   Chifamba, Jephat ^d   Kosia, Andrew ^b   Sparks, Harvey V ^a  

^a Orotta School of Medicine   (Eritrea)

^b WHO Regional Office for Africa ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d Anchor Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; URBAN AREA; ZIMBABWE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33749344242     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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