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An overview of cardiovascular risk factor burden in sub-Saharan African countries: a socio-cultural perspective.

BeLue R, Okoror TA, Iwelunmor J, Taylor KD, Degboe AN, Agyemang C, Ogedegbe G.

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Cardiovascular disease risk factors and preventive practices among adults--United States, 1994: a behavioral risk factor atlas. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System State Coordinators.

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Impact of poverty on hypertension and cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa.

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A review of co-morbidity between infectious and chronic disease in Sub Saharan Africa: TB and diabetes mellitus, HIV and metabolic syndrome, and the impact of globalization.

Young F, Critchley JA, Johnstone LK, Unwin NC.

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A prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors among a rural Yoruba south-western Nigerian population: a population-based survey.

Oladapo OO, Salako L, Sodiq O, Shoyinka K, Adedapo K, Falase AO.

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Traditional CVD risk factors and socio-economic deprivation in Roma minority population of Croatia.

Zeljko H, Skarić-Jurić T, Narancic NS, Salihović MP, Klarić IM, Barbalić M, Starcević B, Lauc LB, Janićijević B.

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Gning SB, Thiam M, Fall F, Ba-Fall K, Mbaye PS, Fourcade L.

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[Current status of the female condom in Africa]

Deniaud F.

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Leke RJ, Oduma JA, Bassol-Mayagoitia S, Bacha AM, Grigor KM.

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Complementary factors contributing to the rapid spread of HIV-I in sub-Saharan Africa: a review.

Nyindo M.

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Epidemiological and nutrition transition in developing countries: impact on human health and development.

Amuna P, Zotor FB.

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Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and established risk factors among populations of sub-Saharan African descent in Europe: a literature review.

Agyemang C, Addo J, Bhopal R, Aikins Ade G, Stronks K.

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Cardiovascular mortality in Korea: a country experiencing epidemiologic transition.

Suh I.

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Cardiovascular disease in Chinese women: an emerging high-risk population and implications for nursing practice.

Cao Y, DiGiacomo M, Du HY, Ollerton E, Davidson P.

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Risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in Africa: the INTERHEART Africa study.

Steyn K, Sliwa K, Hawken S, Commerford P, Onen C, Damasceno A, Ounpuu S, Yusuf S; INTERHEART Investigators in Africa.

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Community health outreach program of the Chad-Cameroon petroleum development and pipeline project.

Utzinger J, Wyss K, Moto DD, Tanner M, Singer BH.

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A province-based surveillance system for the risk factors of non-communicable diseases: A prototype for integration of risk factor surveillance into primary healthcare systems of developing countries.

Alikhani S, Delavari A, Alaedini F, Kelishadi R, Rohbani S, Safaei A.

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