The prevalence of hypertension in seven populations of West African origin

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-168

  Cooper, Richard ^a,f   Rotimi, Charles ^a   Ataman, Susan ^a   McGee, Daniel ^a   Osotimehin, Babatunde ^b   Kadiri, Solomon ^b   Muna, Walinjom ^c   Kingue, Samuel ^c   Fraser, Henry ^d   Forrester, Terrence ^e   Bennett, Franklyn ^e   Wilks, Rainford ^e  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Department of Medicine Univ Centre for Health Sciences   (Cameroon)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PREVALENCE; SODIUM INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030997240     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.2.160     Document Type: Article

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