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Very low rates of screening for metabolic syndrome among patients with severe mental illness in Durban, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Sub Saharan African is experiencing the largest increase in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease globally. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors for these conditions. There is a consistently higher prevalence of cardiometabolic disease am...
Autores principales: | Saloojee, Shamima, Burns, Jonathan K, Motala, Ayesha A |
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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/PMC4149236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25113131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0228-5 |
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