Clustering of non-communicable diseases risk factors in Bangladeshi adults: An analysis of STEPS survey 2013.

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Published in BMC Public Health on July 14, 2015

Authors

M Mostafa Zaman1, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan2, Md Nazmul Karim3, MoniruzZaman4, Md Mukhlesur Rahman5, Abdul Waheed Akanda6, Thushara Fernando7,8

Author Affiliations

1: Division of NCD, World Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh. zamanm@who.int.
2: Division of NCD, World Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh. bhuiyanma@who.int.
3: Division of NCD, World Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh. nazmulkarimt147@yahoo.com.
4: Division of NCD, World Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh. moniruzzaman@who.int.
5: Division of Training, Bureau of Health Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh. rahmanmukhlesur422@yahoo.com.
6: Division of Training, Bureau of Health Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh. bhedghs2008@yahoo.com.
7: Division of NCD, World Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh. fernandot@who.int.
8: Current address: Division of Planning and Management, World Health Organization Regional Office for South East Asia, New Delhi, India. fernandot@who.int.

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