Socioeconomic inequalities in risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries

dianagosalvez Diana Gosálvez Prados última modificación 30/10/2012 12:37

Monitoring inequalities in noncommunicable disease risk factor prevalence can help to inform and target effective interventions. The prevalence of current daily smoking, low fruit and vegetable consumption, physical inactivity, and heavy episodic alcohol drinking were quantified and compared across wealth and education levels in low- and middle-income country groups.

Reza Hosseinpoor A, Bergen N, Kunst A, Harper S, Guthold R, Rekve D, Tursan d'Espaignet E, Naidoo N, Chatterji S. Socioeconomic inequalities in risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries. BMC Public Health 2012, 12:912. Available at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/912


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30/10/2012
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Reza Hosseinpoor A, Bergen N, Kunst A, Harper S, Guthold R, Rekve D, Tursan d'Espaignet E, Naidoo N, Chatterji S.

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