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Sociodemographic and socioeconomic patterns of chronic non-communicable disease among the older adult population in Ghana

BACKGROUND: In Ghana, the older adult population is projected to increase from 5.3% of the total population in 2015 to 8.9% by 2050. National and local governments will need information about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in this population in order to allocate health system resources and respond...

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Autores principales: Minicuci, Nadia, Biritwum, Richard B., Mensah, George, Yawson, Alfred E., Naidoo, Nirmala, Chatterji, Somnath, Kowal, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3991840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24746141
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.21292