Hematocrit and stroke in black Africans under tropical climate and meteorological influence

Annales de Medecine Interne

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-177

  Longo Mbenza, B ^a   Phanzu Mbete, L B ^b   M'Buyamba Kabangu, J R ^b   Tonduangu, K ^b   Mvunzu, M ^d   Muvova, D ^b   Lukoki Luila, E ^b   Bayekula, M ^b   Odio, W ^b   Kintoki, V ^b   Mbala Mukendi, M ^b   Tshiamala, P ^c   Kilembi, M ^c   Katalay, L ^c   Lelo Tshinkwela, M ^b   Ndoma, E K ^b   Mpaka, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*

^c Heart of Africa Cardiovascular Center   (Congo)

^d METEO BINZA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Africa; Ambient air temperature; Atmospheric pressure; Hematocrit; Meteorological variations; Risk factor; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORONARY RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEOROLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0032807552     PISSN: 0003410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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