Quantifying urbanization as a risk factor for noncommunicable disease.
The aim of this study was to investigate the poorly understood relationship between the process of urbanization and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Sri Lanka using a multicomponent, quantitative measure of urbanicity. NCD prevalence data were taken from the Sri Lankan Diabetes and Cardiovascular...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2011
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