The prevalence of hypertension and the status of cardiovascular health in South Africa

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 394-397

  Seedat, Y K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Health; Hypertension; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEGRO; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032152336     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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