The prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity among immigrants from East Africa and the former Soviet Union: a retrospective comparative 30-year cohort study.

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Published in Cardiovasc Diabetol on May 05, 2016

Authors

Yonatan Reuven1, Jacob Dreiher2,3, Pesach Shvartzman2,4

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Community Health, Department of Family Medicine and Siaal Research Center for Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, 84150, Beer-sheva, Israel. yonatanr@post.bgu.ac.il.
2: Division of Community Health, Department of Family Medicine and Siaal Research Center for Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, 84150, Beer-sheva, Israel.
3: Hospital Division, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.
4: Southern District, Clalit Health Services, Beer-sheva, Israel.

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