Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies

Michelle Holmes and colleagues argue that there is an urgent need for longitudinal cohorts based in sub-Saharan Africa to address the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases in the region.

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Autores principales: Holmes, Michelle D., Dalal, Shona, Volmink, Jimmy, Adebamowo, Clement A., Njelekela, Marina, Fawzi, Wafaie W., Willett, Walter C., Adami, Hans-Olov
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Policy Forum
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2867939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20485489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000244
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author Holmes, Michelle D.
Dalal, Shona
Volmink, Jimmy
Adebamowo, Clement A.
Njelekela, Marina
Fawzi, Wafaie W.
Willett, Walter C.
Adami, Hans-Olov
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Njelekela, Marina
Fawzi, Wafaie W.
Willett, Walter C.
Adami, Hans-Olov
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spelling pubmed-28679392010-05-19 Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies Holmes, Michelle D. Dalal, Shona Volmink, Jimmy Adebamowo, Clement A. Njelekela, Marina Fawzi, Wafaie W. Willett, Walter C. Adami, Hans-Olov PLoS Med Policy Forum Michelle Holmes and colleagues argue that there is an urgent need for longitudinal cohorts based in sub-Saharan Africa to address the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases in the region. Public Library of Science 2010-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC2867939/ /pubmed/20485489 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000244 Text en Holmes et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Holmes, Michelle D.
Dalal, Shona
Volmink, Jimmy
Adebamowo, Clement A.
Njelekela, Marina
Fawzi, Wafaie W.
Willett, Walter C.
Adami, Hans-Olov
Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies
title Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies
title_full Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies
title_fullStr Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies
title_full_unstemmed Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies
title_short Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies
title_sort non-communicable diseases in sub-saharan africa: the case for cohort studies
topic Policy Forum
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2867939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20485489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000244
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