H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: A resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries

Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ramsay, M ^a,b   Crowther, N ^b   Tambo, E ^a   Agongo, G ^a,b,c   Baloyi, V ^a   Dikotope, S ^d   Gomez Olive X ^b   Jaff, N ^b,e   Sorgho, H ^f   Wagner, R ^b   Khayeka Wandabwa, C ^g   Choudhury, A ^a   Hazelhurst, S ^a,b   Kahn, K ^b,h   Lombard, Z ^a,b   Mukomana, F ^a   Soo, C ^a   Soodyall, H ^b   Wade, A ^b   Afolabi, S ^b   Agorinya, I ^c   Amenga Etego, L ^c   Ali, S A ^a   Bognini, J D ^f   Boua, R P ^f   Debpuur, C ^c   Diallo, S ^f   Fato, E ^c   Kazienga, A ^f   Konkobo, S Z ^f   Kouraogo, P M ^f   Mashinya, F ^d   Micklesfield, L ^a   Nakanabo Diallo, S ^f   Njamwea, B ^g   Nonterah, E ^c   Ouedraogo, S ^f   Pillay, V ^a,b   Somande, A M ^f   Tindana, P ^c   Twine, R ^b   Alberts, M ^d   Kyobutungi, C ^g   Norris, S A ^a   Oduro, A R ^c   Tinto, H ^f   Tollman, S ^b,h   Sankoh, O ^e,h,i   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^g AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^h Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

ⁱ NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

AWI Gen; body composition; cardiometabolic disease; diabetes; disease outcome; environmental risk factors; genomic studies; H3Africa; health transition; hypertension; NCD; non communicable disease in Africa; obesity; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85057998979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20544200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/gheg.2016.17     Document Type: Article

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