Epidemiology of hypertension in African Americans

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-70

  Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Keil, Julian E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029864011     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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