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Impact of urbanization on obesity, anthropometric profile and blood pressure in the Igbos of Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Hypertension in developing setting is often attributed to westernization of life style and stresses of urbanization, some of these increases have been noted in Nigeria. AIM: This is a study on rural-urban differences on the blood pressure, obesity and anthropometrics among a major ethnic...

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Autores principales: Ekezie, Jervase, Anyanwu, Emeka G, Danborno, Barnabas, Anthony, Ugochukwu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558602
http://dx.doi.org/10.4297/najms.2011.3242