A survey of blood pressure distribution in Pygmy and Bantu populations in Cameroon

Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-113

  Kesteloot, Hugo ^a   Ndam, Ndjitoyap ^b   Sasaki, Satoshi ^a   Kowo, Mathurin ^b   Seghers, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Heart of Texas Cardiovascular Center   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; calcium; magnesium; Negroid race; potassium; sodium

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROLYTE EXCRETION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030066480     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.27.1.108     Document Type: Article

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