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Determinants of Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya Cover

Determinants of Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya

Global Heart
Volume 15 (2020): Issue 1
By: Frederick M. Wekesah,  Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch,  Diederick E. Grobbee,  Damazo Kadengye,  Gershim Asiki and  Catherine K. Kyobutungi  
Open Access
|Apr 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.787 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 26, 2019
Accepted on: Mar 9, 2020
Published on: Apr 10, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Cardiovascular risk,
mortality,
social determinants of health,
education,
employment

© 2020 Frederick M. Wekesah, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Diederick E. Grobbee, Damazo Kadengye, Gershim Asiki, Catherine K. Kyobutungi, published by Ubiquity Press
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