Prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and its associated risk factors among the adult population of Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Nomonde Ndyalvan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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• Mirabel K. Nanjoh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mnanjoh@wsu.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0184-083X

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• Monwabisi Faleni,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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• Wezile W. Chitha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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• Sibusiso C. Nomatshila

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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