Adiposity Phenotypes and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adults from Sub–Saharan Africa: An H3Africa AWI–Gen Study
By: Engelbert A. Nonterah, Michiel L. Bots, Abraham Oduro, Godfred Agongo, Cassandra C. Soo, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Felistas Mashinya, Palwendè R. Boua, Shukri F. Mohamed, Alisha N. Wade, Catherine Kyobutungi, Halidou Tinto, Shane A. Norris, Stephen M. Tollman, Michèle Ramsay, Diederick E. Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Nigel J. Crowther and on behalf of the AWI–Gen and the H3Africa Consortium
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© 2021 Engelbert A. Nonterah, Michiel L. Bots, Abraham Oduro, Godfred Agongo, Cassandra C. Soo, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Felistas Mashinya, Palwendè R. Boua, Shukri F. Mohamed, Alisha N. Wade, Catherine Kyobutungi, Halidou Tinto, Shane A. Norris, Stephen M. Tollman, Michèle Ramsay, Diederick E. Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Nigel J. Crowther, on behalf of the AWI–Gen and the H3Africa Consortium, published by Ubiquity Press
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