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Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 2(11), p. e0149209, 2016

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149209

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Metabolic Syndrome in South African Patients with Severe Mental Illness: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors

Journal article published in 2016 by Shamima Saloojee, Jonathan K. Burns, Ayesha A. Motala ORCID
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Abstract

There is a surge of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Africa. CVD is the leading cause of mortality among patients with severe mental illness (SMI) in developed countries, with little evidence from the African context.