Blood pressure distribution in a rural ghanaian population

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 66-72

  Pobee, J O M ^a   Larbi, E B ^a   Belcher, D W ^b   Wurapa, F K ^a   Dodu, S R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0017325557     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(77)90211-5     Document Type: Article

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