Emergence of Western diseases in the tropical world: The experience with chronic cardiovascular diseases

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 463-473

  Forrester, Terrence ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^b   Weatherall, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; RENIN;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; NEGRO; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031830421     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011701     Document Type: Review

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