Patterns and correlates of objectively measured free-living physical activity in adults in rural and urban Cameroon.

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Published in J Epidemiol Community Health on April 03, 2015

Authors

Felix Assah1, Jean Claude Mbanya2, Ulf Ekelund3, Nicholas Wareham3, Soren Brage3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
2: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
3: MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

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