Relationship of hypertension to socioeconomic status in a West African population

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-45

  Bunker, Clareann H ^a   Okoro, Felecia I ^b   Markovic, Nina ^a   Thai, Ngoc ^a   Pippin, Barbara ^a   Ackrell, Mark ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blacks; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Obesity; Socioeconomic status; Urinary cations; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; URINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030089558     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961768     Document Type: Article

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