Modifiable socio-behavioural factors associated with overweight and hypertension among persons aged 35 to 60 years in eastern Uganda.

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Published in PLoS One on October 15, 2012

Authors

Roy William Mayega1, Fredrick Makumbi, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Stefan Peterson, Claes-Göran Östenson, Göran Tomson, David Guwatudde

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. wromay2000@yahoo.co.uk

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