Non-Communicable Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case for Cohort Studies

Michelle D Holmes, Shona Dalal, Jimmy Volmink, Clement A Adebamowo, Marina Njelekela, Wafaie W Fawzi, Walter C Willett and Hans-Olov Adami

PLOS Medicine, 2010, vol. 7, issue 5, 1-8

Abstract: Michelle Holmes and colleagues argue that there is an urgent need for longitudinal cohorts based in sub-Saharan Africa to address the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases in the region.

Date: 2010
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