List of works by Charles Agyemang

20 year trends in renal disease mortality in Ghana: A review of autopsies

scientific article published on 25 March 2018

A community-based intervention for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi: the SCALE UP study protocol for a prospective quasi-experimental community-based trial

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A cross-national comparative study of blood pressure and hypertension between English and Dutch South-Asian- and African-origin populations: the role of national context

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A cross-national comparative study of metabolic syndrome among non-diabetic Dutch and English ethnic groups

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A cross-national comparative study of smoking prevalence and cessation between English and Dutch South Asian and African origin populations: the role of national context

scientific article published on 9 April 2010

An epigenome-wide association study in whole blood of measures of adiposity among Ghanaians: the RODAM study

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

An exploration of the enablers and barriers in access to the Dutch healthcare system among Ghanaians in Amsterdam

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An overview of cardiovascular risk factor burden in sub-Saharan African countries: a socio-cultural perspective

scientific article published on 22 September 2009

Are There Ethnic Inequalities in Revascularisation Procedure Rate after an ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction?

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Association between C reactive protein and microvascular and macrovascular dysfunction in sub-Saharan Africans with and without diabetes: the RODAM study

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Association between socioeconomic position and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Ghanaians in different geographic locations: the RODAM study.

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Association of perceived ethnic discrimination with general and abdominal obesity in ethnic minority groups: the HELIUS study

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

Association of physical activity, smoking, and alcohol intake with CVD-related hospital discharge in people of European, South Asian, or African descent

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Blood pressure and body mass index in an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents in Paramaribo, Suriname

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Blood pressure control and mortality in US- and foreign-born blacks in New York City

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Blood pressure patterns in rural, semi-urban and urban children in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa

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Cardiometabolic Health in African Immigrants to the United States: A Call to Re-examine Research on African-descent populations

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Cardiovascular disease incidence and survival: Are migrants always worse off?

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in low income settings: A call for context specific risk equations

Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in sub-Saharan African populations — Comparative analysis of risk algorithms in the RODAM study

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Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and established risk factors among populations of sub-Saharan African descent in Europe: a literature review

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Cardiovascular prevention model from Kenyan slums to migrants in the Netherlands

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Cardiovascular risk assessment in low-resource settings: a consensus document of the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk in Low Resource Settings

scientific article published in May 2014

Case Finding and Medical Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes among Different Ethnic Minority Groups: The HELIUS Study

scientific article published on 05 January 2017

Challenges of health programmes in slums

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Chronic disease in ethnic minorities: tools for patient-centred care in diabetes, hypertension and COPD

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Chronic kidney disease burden among African migrants in three European countries and in urban and rural Ghana: The RODAM cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Contribution of short sleep duration to ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease: results from a cohort study in the Netherlands

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Correlates of isolated nocturnal hypertension and target organ damage in a population-based cohort of African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Cross national study of leisure-time physical activity in Dutch and English populations with ethnic group comparisons

scientific article published on 18 July 2012

Culture, ethnicity and chronic conditions: Reframing concepts and methods for research, interventions and policy in low- and middle-income countries

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Depressive symptoms and smoking among young Turkish and Moroccan ethnic minority groups in The Netherlands: a cross-sectional study

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Diabetes prevalence in populations of South Asian Indian and African origins: a comparison of England and the Netherlands

scientific article published in July 2011

Dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: The RODAM study

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Differences in Body Fat Distribution Play a Role in the Lower Levels of Elevated Fasting Glucose amongst Ghanaian Migrant Women Compared to Men.

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Differential prevalence and associations of overweight and obesity by gender and population group among school learners in South Africa: a cross-sectional study.

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Disparities in type 2 diabetes prevalence among ethnic minority groups resident in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Does nocturnal blood pressure fall in people of African and South Asian descent differ from that in European white populations? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Does the white-coat effect in people of African and South Asian descent differ from that in White people of European origin? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Duration of residence and disease occurrence among refugees and family reunited immigrants: test of the 'healthy migrant effect' hypothesis

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

Early-life factors are associated with waist circumference and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian adults: The RODAM Study

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

Educational inequalities in metabolic syndrome vary by ethnic group: evidence from the SUNSET study

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Epigenome-wide association study for perceived discrimination among sub-Saharan African migrants in Europe - the RODAM study

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Epigenome-wide association study in whole blood on type 2 diabetes among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study

Establishing and sustaining research partnerships in Africa: a case study of the UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Disease

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Ethnic Disparities in CKD in the Netherlands: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting (HELIUS) Study

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Ethnic Variations in Prognosis of Patients with Dementia: A Prospective Nationwide Registry Linkage Study in The Netherlands

scientific article published on 29 November 2016

Ethnic differences in arterial stiffness the Helius study

scientific article published on May 2015

Ethnic differences in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among patients with breast cancer in the Netherlands: a register-based cohort study

Ethnic differences in current smoking and former smoking in the Netherlands and the contribution of socioeconomic factors: a cross-sectional analysis of the HELIUS study

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Ethnic differences in hypertension prevalence and contributing determinants - the HELIUS study

scientific article published on 09 October 2018

Ethnic differences in self-reported sleep duration in The Netherlands--the HELIUS study

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Ethnic differences in the association between waist-to-height ratio and albumin-creatinine ratio: the observational SUNSET study

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Ethnic differences in the effect of environmental stressors on blood pressure and hypertension in the Netherlands

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Ethnic disparities in educational and occupational gradients of estimated cardiovascular disease risk: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting study

scientific article published on July 2017

Ethnic disparities in ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage incidence in the Netherlands

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Ethnic misclassifications hamper progress in research

scientific article published on June 2006

Ethnicity and cardiovascular health research: Pushing the boundaries by including comparison populations in the countries of origin

scientific article published in January 2012

Food consumption, nutrient intake, and dietary patterns in Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana

scientific article published on 6 July 2017

Gaps in Hypertension Guidelines in Low- and Middle-Income Versus High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

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Gender disparities in hypertension among different ethnic groups in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: the SUNSET study

scientific article published on 10 July 2008

Genetic factors contributing to hypertension in African-based populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 09 March 2018

Health-reception of newly arrived documented migrants in Europe--why, whom, what and how?

scientific article published on 9 August 2013

Healthcare Utilisation of Moluccans in the Netherlands: Equal Care for Equal Need after 60 Years of Residence in the Host Country?

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Heterogeneity in blood pressure in UK Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani, compared to White, populations: divergence of adults and children

scientific article published on 04 September 2018

How Ghanaian, African-Surinamese and Dutch patients perceive and manage antihypertensive drug treatment: a qualitative study

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Hypertension and overweight/obesity in Ghanaians and Nigerians living in West Africa and industrialized countries: a systematic review

scientific article published on March 2014

Hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among diabetic and nondiabetic individuals in a multiethnic population in the Netherlands: the HELIUS study

scientific article published on March 2016

Hypertension control in a large multi-ethnic cohort in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: the HELIUS study

scientific article published on 27 January 2015

Hypertension in Dutch and English ethnic minorities. Blood pressure better controlled in English groups than in Dutch groups

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Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Impact evaluation of a community-based intervention for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi: the SCALE-UP study

scientific article published on 24 March 2016

Innovative ways of studying the effect of migration on obesity and diabetes beyond the common designs: lessons from the RODAM study

scientific article published on 5 October 2016

Introducing a model of cardiovascular prevention in Nairobi's slums by integrating a public health and private-sector approach: the SCALE-UP study

scientific article published on 21 October 2013

Is the blood pressure of people from African origin adults in the UK higher or lower than that in European origin white people? A review of cross-sectional data

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Knowledge and awareness of and perception towards cardiovascular disease risk in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Large ethnic variations in recommended physical activity according to activity domains in amsterdam, the netherlands

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Lay community perceptions and treatment options for hypertension in rural northern Ghana: a qualitative analysis

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Length of Residence in the United States is Associated With a Higher Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Immigrants: A Contemporary Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey

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Limited access to CVD medicines in low-income and middle-income countries: poverty is at the heart of the matter

scientific article published in March 2018

Lonely and bored stiff: challenging phase for ethnic minority and migrant health in Europe

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Masked hypertension: evidence of the need to treat

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Medication non-adherence and blood pressure control among hypertensive migrant and non-migrant populations of sub-Saharan African origin: the RODAM study

Microvascular and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes Ghanaian residents in Ghana and Europe: The RODAM study

scientific article published on 10 May 2019

Migration and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Ghanaian Populations in Europe: The RODAM Study (Research on Obesity and Diabetes Among African Migrants).

scientific article published in November 2017

Mortality from circulatory diseases by specific country of birth across six European countries: test of concept

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Multidimensional health locus of control and depressive symptoms in the multi-ethnic population of the Netherlands

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Negro, Black, Black African, African Caribbean, African American or what? Labelling African origin populations in the health arena in the 21st century

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Non-communicable diseases in migrants: an expert review

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Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today's Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study.

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Objectively measured physical activity levels and sedentary time in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Outcomes and costs of implementing a community-based intervention for hypertension in an urban slum in Kenya

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

Overcoming barriers to hypertension control in African Americans

scientific article published on January 2012

Overweight and obesity among Ghanaian residents in The Netherlands: how do they weigh against their urban and rural counterparts in Ghana?

scientific article published on 2 September 2008

Panethnic Differences in Blood Pressure in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Perceived Ethnic Discrimination and the Metabolic Syndrome in Ethnic Minority Groups: The Healthy Life in an Urban Setting Study

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Perceptions of inhibitors and facilitators for adhering to hypertension treatment among insured patients in rural Nigeria: a qualitative study

scientific article

Peripheral insulin resistance rather than beta cell dysfunction accounts for geographical differences in impaired fasting blood glucose among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

Physical activity level and performance in the six-minute walk test of children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia

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Physical violence during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in Ghana

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Prehypertension in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa: an opportunity for early prevention of clinical hypertension

scientific article published on 6 September 2007

Prevalence and complications of diabetes mellitus in Northern Africa, a systematic review

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Prevalence and determinants of prehypertension among African Surinamese, Hindustani Surinamese, and White Dutch in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: the SUNSET study

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Prevalence and management of hypertension among Turkish, Moroccan and native Dutch ethnic groups in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: The Amsterdam Health Monitor Survey

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Prevalence of microalbuminuria and its association with pulse pressure in a multi-ethnic population in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The SUNSET Study

scientific article published on 8 January 2008

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and its association with measures of body composition among African residents in the Netherlands--The HELIUS study.

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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

scientific article published on June 2014

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among Black Surinamese, South Asian Surinamese and White Dutch in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: the SUNSET study

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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among Ghanaian population in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: the GHAIA study

scientific article published on 7 June 2012

Prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Nairobi slums: a cost-effectiveness study

scientific article published in The Lancet

Psychosocial Correlates of Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study

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Racism in health and health care in Europe: where does the Netherlands stand?

scientific article published in June 2007

Rationale and cross-sectional study design of the research on obesity and type 2 diabetes among African migrants: The RODAM study

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Relationship between asthma and high blood pressure among adolescents in Aracaju, Brazil

scientific article published in August 2010

Relationship between educational and occupational levels, and Chronic Kidney Disease in a multi-ethnic sample- The HELIUS study

scientific article published in November 2017

Relationship between psychosocial stress and hypertension among Ghanaians in Amsterdam, the Netherlands--the GHAIA study

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Relationship between short sleep duration and cardiovascular risk factors in a multi-ethnic cohort - the helius study

scientific article published on 24 October 2015

Relationship between sleep duration and arterial stiffness in a multi-ethnic population: The HELIUS study

scientific article published on 08 April 2016

Remigration of migrants with severe disease: myth or reality?--a register-based cohort study

scientific article published on 8 September 2014

Response to Letter to the Editor.

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Review of community-based interventions for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on January 2012

Rural and urban differences in blood pressure and hypertension in Ghana, West Africa

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Rural and urban differences in blood pressure and pregnancy-induced hypertension among pregnant women in Ghana

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Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk of Ghanaian- and Nigerian-Born West African Immigrants in the United States: The Afro-Cardiac Study

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Sex disparities in acute myocardial infarction incidence: do ethnic minority groups differ from the majority population?

scientific article published on 5 September 2013

Sizable variations in circulatory disease mortality by region and country of birth in six European countries

scientific article published on 11 March 2013

Sleep Disorders, Obesity, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Risk

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Sleep duration is associated with increased risk for cardiovascular outcomes: a pilot study in a sample of community dwelling adults in Ghana.

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Smoking prevalence differs by location of residence among Ghanaians in Africa and Europe: The RODAM study

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Socioeconomic inequalities in stroke incidence among migrant groups: analysis of nationwide data

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Status report on hypertension in Africa--consultative review for the 6th Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health on NCD's

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Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global

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The Afro-Cardiac Study: Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Acculturation in West African Immigrants in the United States: Rationale and Study Design

scientific article published on October 2015

The Association Between Acculturation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Ghanaian and Nigerian-born African Immigrants in the United States: The Afro-Cardiac Study

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

The Multifaceted Pathways Linking Populism to Ethnic Minority Health Comment on "A Scoping Review of Populist Radical Right Parties' Influence on Welfare Policy and its Implications for Population Health in Europe"

scientific article published on 15 August 2020

The association of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder with the metabolic syndrome in a multi-ethnic cohort: the HELIUS study.

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

The association of leisure-time physical activity and active commuting with measures of socioeconomic position in a multiethnic population living in the Netherlands: results from the cross-sectional SUNSET study

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The association of neighbourhood psychosocial stressors and self-rated health in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

scientific article published on December 2007

The association of physical activity, body mass index and the blood pressure levels among urban poor youth in Accra, Ghana

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The influence of early-life conditions on cardiovascular disease later in life among ethnic minority populations: a systematic review

scientific article published on 04 July 2015

The magnitude of diabetes and its association with obesity in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional survey

scientific article published on 30 September 2013

The relation between socioeconomic status and short-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction persists in the elderly: results from a nationwide study

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The relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms among young Turkish-Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch

scientific article published on 9 July 2010

The utility of 'country of birth' for the classification of ethnic groups in health research: the Dutch experience

scientific article

Thresholds for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

scientific article published on 20 April 2017

Total physical activity might not be a good measure in the relationship with HDL cholesterol and triglycerides in a multi-ethnic population: a cross-sectional study

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Tracing Africa’s progress towards implementing the Non-Communicable Diseases Global action plan 2013-2020: a synthesis of WHO country profile reports

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Trans-ethnic Meta-analysis and Functional Annotation Illuminates the Genetic Architecture of Fasting Glucose and Insulin

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Ghanaian migrants resident in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana – The RODAM study

scientific article published in December 2017

Validity of the single-item question on self-rated health status in first generation Turkish and Moroccans versus native Dutch in the Netherlands

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Variations in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among Ghanaian migrants living in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and nonmigrant Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana-the RODAM study

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Your health is your wealth: faith-based community action on the health of African migrant communities in Amsterdam

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

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