Rationale and cross-sectional study design of the research on obesity and type 2 diabetes among African migrants: The RODAM study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   Beune, Erik ^a   Meeks, Karlijn ^a   Owusu Dabo, Ellis ^b   Agyei Baffour, Peter ^b   De Graft Aikins, Ama ^c   Dodoo, Francis ^c   Smeeth, Liam ^d   Addo, Juliet ^d   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^e   Amoah, Stephen K ^e   Schulze, Matthias B ^f   Danquah, Ina ^f   Spranger, Joachim ^e   Nicolaou, Mary ^a   Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^g,h   Burr, Tom ⁱ   Henneman, Peter ^a   Mannens, Marcel M ^a   Van Straalen, Jan P ^a   Bahendeka, Silver ^j   Zwinderman, A H ^k   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   more..

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

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

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

ⁱ Source BioScience   (United Kingdom)

^j International Diabetes Federation   (Uganda)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GERMANY; GHANA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; BLACK PERSON; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; GHANA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84897566892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004877     Document Type: Article

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