Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: Correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Adediran, Olufemi Sola ^a,b   Adebayo, Philip Babatunde ^b   Akintunde, Adeseye Abiodun ^b  

^a BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cardiovascular risk factors; Nigeria; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NIGERIA; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875335767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-123     Document Type: Article

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