Prevalence and time trends in diabetes and physical inactivity among adult West African populations: The epidemic has arrived

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 602-614

  Abubakari, A R ^a   Lauder, W ^a   Jones, M C ^a   Kirk, A ^a   Agyemang, C ^b   Bhopal, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Meta analysis; Physical inactivity; Systematic review; West Africans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; META-ANALYSIS; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70349739572     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

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