The social patterning of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in five countries: Evidence from the modeling the epidemiologic transition study (METS)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Forrester, Terrence E ^b   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^c   Lambert, Estelle V ^d   Viswanathan, Bharathi ^e   Riesen, Walter ^f   Korte, Wolfgang ^f   Levitt, Naomi ^d   Tong, Liping ^g   Dugas, Lara R ^g   Shoham, David ^g   Durazo Arvizu, Ramon A ^g   Luke, Amy ^g   Bovet, Pascal ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^f CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Low and middle income countries; Noncommunicable diseases; Obesity; Physical activity; Risk factors; Smoking; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84986916218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3589-5     Document Type: Article

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