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Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors among students of a tertiary institution in Ghana

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are listed as one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity by the World Health Organization. The World Heart Federation lists overweight/obesity, blood lipid profile, and blood pressure as some of the modifiable risk factors to developing CVDs. This study sought t...

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Autores principales:	Ofori, Eric K., Intiful, Freda D., Asante, Matilda, Asare, George A., Adjei, Patrick K., Steele‐Dadzie, Rebecca K., Amoako‐Mensah, Anna, Mensah, Daniel, Angmorterh, Seth K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5849910/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29564105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.565

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