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A community-based cluster randomized survey of noncommunicable disease and risk factors in a peri-urban shantytown in Lima, Peru
BACKGROUND: An estimated 863 million people–a third of the world’s urban population–live in slums, yet there is little information on the disease burden in these settings, particularly regarding chronic preventable diseases. METHODS: From March to May 2012, we conducted a cluster randomized survey t...
Autores principales: | Heitzinger, Kristen, Montano, Silvia M, Hawes, Stephen E, Alarcón, Jorge O, Zunt, Joseph R |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4040114/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885980 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-14-19 |
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