Environmental and occupational determinants of blood pressure in rural communities in China

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-106

  Xu, Xiping ^a,b   Niu, Tianhua ^a,b   Christiani, David C ^a,c   Weiss, Scott T ^b,d   Zhou, Yusheng ^e   Chen, Changzhong ^f   Yang, Jianhua ^f   Fang, Zhian ^f   Jiang, Zhujiu ^f   Liang, Wannian ^e   Zhang, Fangzhen ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Anqing Public Health Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; China; cross sectional study; hypertension; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING;

EID: 0030965774     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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