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IJE Advance Access originally published online on May 27, 2004
International Journal of Epidemiology 2004 33(4):777-778; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh161
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IJE vol.33 no.4 © International Epidemiological Association 2004; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: Beyond urban–rural comparisons: towards a life course approach to understanding health effects of urbanization

Sanjay Kinra

Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK. E-mail: sanjay.kinra@bristol.ac.uk

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Rapid urbanization is believed to be the driver behind the emerging epidemics of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in low-income countries.1,2 So far, the role of urbanization has been evaluated mainly through comparisons of disease prevalence in urban and rural dwellers.2–4 Although a useful starting point in documenting the scale of the problem, such crude geographical comparisons offer little insight into the determinants and pathways by which urban environment influences disease risk in a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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