Risk-factor profiles for chronic diseases of lifestyle and metabolic syndrome in an urban and rural setting in South Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  van Zyl, Sanet ^a   van der Merwe, Lynette J ^a   Walsh, Corinna M ^a   Groenewald, Andries J ^a   van Rooyen, Francois C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

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EID: 84864761535     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.346     Document Type: Article

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