Risk factors for non-communicable diseases in rural Uganda: a pilot surveillance project among diabetes patients at a referral hospital clinic.

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Published in Pan Afr Med J on November 29, 2011

Authors

Olivia Namusisi1, Juliet N Sekandi, Simon Kasasa, Peter Wasswa, Nicholas T Kamara, Medard Bitekyerezo, Placid Mihayo, Sheba N Gitta, David Mukanga

Author Affiliations

1: African Field Epidemiology Network, Kampala, Uganda.

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