Non communicable disease and risky behaviour in an urban university community Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-67

  Ige, Olusimbo Kehinde ^a   Owoaje, E T ^a   Adebiyi, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Non communicable disease; Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEOPLASM; NIGERIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; STAFF; UNIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84876278449     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i1.9     Document Type: Article

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