Neighborhood clustering of non-communicable diseases: results from a community-based study in Northern Tanzania

• Main Authors: John W. Stanifer (Author), Joseph R Egger (Author), Elizabeth L. Turner (Author), Nathan Thielman (Author), Uptal D. Patel (Author), for the Comprehensive Kidney Disease Assessment for Risk factors, epidemiology, Knowledge, and Attitudes (CKD AFRiKA) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In order to begin to address the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in sub-Saharan Africa, high quality community-based epidemiological studies from the region are urgently needed. Cluster-designed sampling methods may be most efficient, but designing such studies require...