Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today's Africa similar to Afr...
Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today's Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study
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Agyemang, Charles , Meeks, Karlijn , Beune, Erik , Owusu-Dabo, Ellis , Mockenhaupt, Frank P , Addo, Juliet , de Graft Aikins, Ama , Bahendeka, Silver , Danquah, Ina , Schulze, Matthias B , Spranger, Joachim , Burr, Tom , Agyei-Baffour, Peter , Amoah, Stephen K , Galbete, Cecilia , Henneman, Peter , Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin , Nicolaou, Mary , Adeyemo, Adebowale , van Straalen, Jan , Smeeth, Liam and Stronks, Karien
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are impending major threats to the health of African populations, but the extent to which they differ between rural and urban settings in Africa and upon migration to Europe is unknown. We assessed the burden of obesity and T2D among Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana and Ghanaian migrants li...
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Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today's Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study
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Author / Creator
Meeks, Karlijn
Beune, Erik
Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
Mockenhaupt, Frank P
Addo, Juliet
de Graft Aikins, Ama
Bahendeka, Silver
Danquah, Ina
Schulze, Matthias B
Spranger, Joachim
Burr, Tom
Agyei-Baffour, Peter
Amoah, Stephen K
Galbete, Cecilia
Henneman, Peter
Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin
Nicolaou, Mary
Adeyemo, Adebowale
van Straalen, Jan
Smeeth, Liam
Stronks, Karien
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5075171
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5075171
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1741-7015
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1741-7015
DOI
10.1186/s12916-016-0709-0
