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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
Materias:	Original Article
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

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