Socioeconomic inequalities in the risk factors of noncommunicable diseases among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis of survey data

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2018, Pages

  Yaya, Sanni ^a   Uthman, Olalekan A ^b   Ekholuenetale, Michael ^c   Bishwajit, Ghose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Global health; High blood pressure; Lorenz; Obesity; Sub Saharan Africa; Tobacco; Women's health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055849238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00307     Document Type: Article

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