Determinants of hypertension in West Africa: Contribution of anthropometric and dietary factors to urban-rural and socioeconomic gradients

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1203-1218

  Kaufman, Jay S ^a   Owoaje, Eme E ^b   James, Sherman A ^c   Rotimi, Charles N ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; blood pressure; hypertension; potassium; social class; sodium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0029903152     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008708     Document Type: Article

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