Distribution and characteristics of risk factors for cardiovascular-metabolic disease in a rural Kenyan community

• Main Authors: James Muchira (Author), Eileen Stuart-Shor (Author), Jacob Kariuki (Author), Anne Mukuna (Author), Irene Ndigirigi (Author), Lucy Gakage (Author), Vincent Mutuma (Author), Anna Karani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases and associated premature mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa contradicts the widely accepted premise that African countries are only dominated by infectious diseases, malnutrition, maternal and child deaths. Among the non-communicable diseas...