Blood pressure variation among Ethiopians on the Simien Plateau

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-342

  Beall, C M ^a   Gebremedhin, A ^b   Brittenham, G M ^a   Decker, M J ^a   Shamebo, M ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SYSTOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031183428     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469700005082     Document Type: Article

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