The effect of rural-to-urban migration on obesity and diabetes in India: a cross-sectional study.
<h4>Background</h4>Migration from rural areas of India contributes to urbanisation and may increase the risk of obesity and diabetes. We tested the hypotheses that rural-to-urban migrants have a higher prevalence of obesity and diabetes than rural nonmigrants, that migrants would have an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20436961/pdf/?tool=EBI |