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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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Sociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with body mass index among men and women in Nairobi slums: AWI-Gen Project

Gershim AsikiHealth and Systems for Health Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya;Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Intitutet, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Shukri F. MohamedHealth and Systems for Health Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8693-1943View further author information
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David WambuiHealth and Systems for Health Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Caroline WainanaHealth and Systems for Health Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Stella MuthuriHealth and Systems for Health Unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, KenyaView further author information
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Michèle RamsaySydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, 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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Article: 1470738 | Received 27 Dec 2017, Accepted 21 Apr 2018, Published online: 03 Jul 2018

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