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Global Health Action Volume 11, 2018 - Issue sup2: BMI distribution across African communities: Africa Wits-INDEPTH Partnership for Genomic Studies (AWI-Gen)
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Demographic, socio-economic and behavioural correlates of BMI in middle-aged black men and women from urban Johannesburg, South Africa

Lisa K. MicklesfieldMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Juliana KaguraMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6608-6930View further author information
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Richard MunthaliMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8492-7409View further author information
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Nigel J. CrowtherDepartment of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-1745View further author information
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Nicole JaffMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Department of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6349-0946View further author information
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Philippe GradidgeMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Centre for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5225-1184View further author information
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Michèle RamsaySydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Division of Human Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-4801View further author information
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Shane A. NorrisMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3788View further author information
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Article: 1448250 | Received 12 Sep 2017, Accepted 02 Mar 2018, Published online: 06 Aug 2018

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