The significance and trend of hypertension related deaths in urban Sierra Leonean Africans

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 215-218

  Lisk, D R ^a,c   McEwen, E K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^b Plan Mgmt Info and Statistic Unit   (Sierra Leone)

^c Medical Clinic   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Mortality; Sierra Leone; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SIERRA LEONE; STROKE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029882924     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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