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Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil

Residents of urban slums are at greater risk for disease than their non-slum dwelling urban counterparts. We sought to contrast the prevalences of selected non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between Brazilian adults living in a slum and the general population of the same city, by comparing the age and...

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Autores principales: Snyder, Robert E., Rajan, Jayant V., Costa, Federico, Lima, Helena C. A. V., Calcagno, Juan I., Couto, Ricardo D., Riley, Lee W., Reis, Mitermayer G., Ko, Albert I., Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30270904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030047