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Global burden of cardiovascular disease
New insights on diabetes mellitus and obesity in Africa–Part 1: prevalence, pathogenesis and comorbidities
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  • Andre Pascal Kengne Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town and South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Justin-Basile Echouffo-Tcheugui Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Eugene Sobngwi Yaounde Central Hospital and Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, National Obesity Centre, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jean-Claude Mbanya Yaounde Central Hospital and Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, National Obesity Centre, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Andre Pascal Kengne, National Collaborative Programme on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, South African Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070 Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa; andre.kengne{at}mrc.ac.za
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Kengne AP, Echouffo-Tcheugui J, Sobngwi E, et al
New insights on diabetes mellitus and obesity in Africa–Part 1: prevalence, pathogenesis and comorbidities
Heart 2013;99:979-983.

Publication history

  • Received November 5, 2012
  • Revised February 4, 2013
  • Accepted February 25, 2013
  • First published May 16, 2013.
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October 25, 2017

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