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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...
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. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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