Exposure over the life course to an urban environment and its relation with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in rural and urban Cameroon

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 769-776

  Sobngwi, Eugène ^a,b,c   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^a   Unwin, Nigel C ^b,d   Porcher, Raphael ^c   Kengne, André Pascal ^a   Fezeu, Léopold ^a   Minkoulou, Etienne Magloire ^a   Tournoux, Caroline ^c   Gautier, Jean Francois ^c   Aspray, Terence J ^b,d   Alberti, Kgmm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Diabetes; Hypertension; Life course epidemiology; Obesity; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CAMEROON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4644240646     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh044     Document Type: Article

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