Level of urbanization and noncommunicable disease risk factors in Tamil Nadu, India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-304

  Allender, Steven ^a   Lacey, Ben ^a   Webster, Premila ^a   Rayner, Mike ^a   Deepa, Mohan ^b   Scarborough, Peter ^b   Arambepola, Carukshi ^c   Datta, Manjula ^b   Mohan, Viswanathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77950677058     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.065847     Document Type: Article

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