Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Ghana during the Rural-to-Urban Transition: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Populations in sub-Saharan Africa are shifting from rural to increasingly urban. Although the burden of cardiovascular disease is expected to increase with this changing landscape, few large studies have assessed a wide range of risk factors in urban and rural populations, particularly in West Afric...

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Main Authors: Nuri Kodaman, Melinda C Aldrich, Rafal Sobota, Folkert W Asselbergs, Kwabena A Poku, Nancy J Brown, Jason H Moore, Scott M Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5061429?pdf=render