A transition in health status from childhood to adulthood and associated lifestyle risk factors: a 13-year interval follow-up study in South Africa.

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dc.contributor.authorOosthuizen, M.A.
dc.contributor.authorJinabhai, C.C.
dc.contributor.authorBecker, P.J.
dc.contributor.authorTerblanche, A.P.S.
dc.contributor.departmentMedical Research Council, Pretoriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-18T08:00:01Z
dc.date.available2019-12-18T08:00:01Z
dc.date.epub2008-01-29
dc.date.issued2008-02
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa is a developing country that also has developed aspects and as a result, has to cope with issues related to both worlds. There has been a definite change in the global patterns of diseases from a situation dominated by infectious diseases to a predominance of non-communicable diseases where the risk factors are largely associated with lifestyle. Results from a follow-up study were used to investigate a transition in health status of the study sample. Questionnaires were used in this historical cohort study, which reviews the health status and lifestyle aspects of young adults who participated as children in the Vaal Triangle Air Pollution Health Study (VAPS) during 1990. In general, the study sample had a higher prevalence of chronic diseases compared to the general South African population. Findings indicate that the transition in health status recorded elsewhere in the world can be demonstrated in this South African group..en_US
dc.identifier.citationOosthuizen MA, Jinabhai CC, Terblanche AP, Becker PJ. A transition in health status from childhood to adulthood and associated lifestyle risk factors: a 13-year interval follow-up study in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Health Research [Internet]. 2008 Feb;18(1):65–72.en_US
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Health Researchen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://infospace.mrc.ac.za/handle/11288/595211
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09603120701309203en_US
dc.research.unitEnvironment and Healthen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectHealth Statusen_US
dc.subjectLife Styleen_US
dc.subjectLifestyleen_US
dc.subjectAir Pollutionen_US
dc.subjectChronic Diseaseen_US
dc.titleA transition in health status from childhood to adulthood and associated lifestyle risk factors: a 13-year interval follow-up study in South Africa.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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