Proteinuria, other selected urinary abnormalities and hypertension among teenage secondary school students in Nairobi, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 467-473

  Muraguri, P W ^a   Mcligeyo, S O ^a   Kayima, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031196002     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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