An overview of cardiovascular risk factor burden in sub-Saharan African countries: A socio-cultural perspective

Globalization and Health

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  BeLue, Rhonda ^a   Okoror, Titilayo A ^b   Iwelunmor, Juliet ^a   Taylor, Kelly D ^c   Degboe, Arnold N ^a   Agyemang, Charles ^d   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATE ROLE; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIET; EPIDEMIC; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MEDLINE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; URBANIZATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77953728081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-5-10     Document Type: Review

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