Distribution and determinants of non communicable diseases among elderly Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang, China.

Distribution and determinants of non communicable diseases among elderly Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang, China.

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are showing an increasing trend globally as well as in China. Elderly population are more prone to these NCDs. Situation in China is worse owing to the higher proportion of geriatric population. Burden of NCDs and the role of their socio-demographic and behavioral pr...

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Main Authors: Lei Feng, Ping Li, Xihua Wang, Zhi Hu, Ying Ma, Weiming Tang, Yanli Ben, Tanmay Mahapatra, Xiaolin Cao, Sanchita Mahapatra, Min Ling, Anshuan Gou, Yanmei Wang, Jiangqin Xiao, Ming Hou, Xiuli Wang, Bo Lin, Faxing Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4139371?pdf=render

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