Lifestyle, education, and prevalence of hypertension in populations of African origin: Results from the international collaborative study on hypertension in blacks

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-27

  Kaufman, Jay S ^a   Tracy, Julie A ^a   Durazo Arvizu, Ramón A ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

blacks; education; Hypertension; lifestyle; SES

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031049884     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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