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Food beliefs and practices in urban poor communities in Accra: implications for health interventions

BACKGROUND: Poor communities in low and middle income countries are reported to experience a higher burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and nutrition-related NCDs. Interventions that build on lay perspectives of risk are recommended. The objective of this study was to examine lay unde...

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Autores principales:	Boatemaa, Sandra, Badasu, Delali Margaret, de-Graft Aikins, Ama
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29609589 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5336-6

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