Interlinkage among cardio-metabolic disease markers in an urban poor setting in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Published in Glob Health Action on February 09, 2016

Authors

Tilahun Nigatu Haregu1, Samuel Oti2,3,4, Nicholas Ngomi2, Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa2, Thaddaeus Egondi2, Catherine Kyobutungi2

Author Affiliations

1: African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya; tharegu@aphrc.org.
2: African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
3: Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
4: Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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