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Noncommunicable diseases behavioural risk factors among secondary school adolescents in Urban Cameroon

Abstract Adolescence is a crucial period for noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors, and interventions to reduce the NCD burden must target this age group. This study aimed to evaluate the NCD behavioural risk factors in adolescents attending state secondary schools in an urban setting in Camero...

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Main Authors:	Changoh Marvel Changoh (Author), Lambed Tatah (Author), Desmond Aroke (Author), Dickson Nsagha (Author), Simeon-Pierre Choukem (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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