Prevalence of obesity, tobacco use, and alcohol consumption by socioeconomic status among six communities in Nicaragua.

Objective. To describe the prevalence of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors (overweight/obesity, tobacco smoking, and alcohol consumption) and identify correlations between these and sociodemographic characteristics in western and central Nicaragua. Methods. This was a cross-sectional study...

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Publicado en:Pan American Journal of Public Health Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 217 - 226
Autores principales: Laux, Timothy S., Bert, Philip J., González, Marvin, Unruh, Mark, Aragon, Aurora, Lacourt, Cecilia Torres
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Publicado: World Health Organization Sep2012
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