Men's Health in Africa. Part 2: Non-communicable diseases, malignancies and socio-economic determinants of health

Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Heyns, C F ^a   Bornman, M S ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STEVE BIKO ACADEMIC HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Cancer; Men's Health; Socio economic; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISABILITY; DRUG ABUSE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FIREARM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MALNUTRITION; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; PENIS CARCINOMA; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 43849090529     PISSN: 18756867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jomh.2007.12.002     Document Type: Review

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