title: Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for cohort studies.
authors.affiliation: Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America. michelle.holmes@channing.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Michelle D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Shona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalal
authors.forename: Jimmy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Volmink
authors.forename: Clement A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Adebamowo
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Njelekela
authors.forename: Wafaie W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Fawzi
authors.forename: Walter C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Willett
authors.forename: Hans-Olov
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Adami
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003141:Communicable Diseases; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms