Sociodemographic patterning of non-communicable disease risk factors in rural India: A cross sectional study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7776, 2010, Pages 771-

  Kinra, Sanjay ^a   Bowen, Liza J ^a   Lyngdoh, Tanica ^b   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^b   Reddy, Kolli Srinath ^c   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy ^d   Gupta, Ruby ^d   Bharathi, Ankalmadagu V ^e   Vaz, Mario ^e   Kurpad, Anura V ^e   Smith, George Davey ^f   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^f   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957827920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4974     Document Type: Article

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