Rural to urban migration and changes in cardiovascular risk factors in Tanzania: A prospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Unwin, Nigel ^a   James, Peter ^a   McLarty, Dorothy ^a   MacHybia, Harun ^b   Nkulila, Peter ^c   Tamin, Bushiri ^d   Nguluma, Mkay ^c   McNally, Richard ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Regional Medical Office   (Tanzania)

^c Morogoro Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952500771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-272     Document Type: Article

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