Sociodemographic differentials of selected noncommunicable diseases risk factors among adults in Matlab, Bangladesh: Findings from a WHO STEPS survey

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-191

  Razzaque, Abdur ^a   Nahar, Lutfun ^b   Mustafa, Abu Haider Mohammad Golam ^a   Ahsan, Karar Zunaid ^c   Islam, Mohammad Shafiqul ^d   Yunus, Mohammad ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b EAST WEST UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Matlab; NCD risk factor; noncommunicable disease (NCD); STEPS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; VEGETABLES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79952649895     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539510392743     Document Type: Article

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