Maximum-likelihood generalized heritability estimate for blood pressure in Nigerian families

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 874-878

  Rotimi, Charles N ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Cao, Guichan ^a   Ogunbiyi, Olufemi ^b   Ladipo, Modupe ^b   Owoaje, Eme ^b   Ward, Ryk ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blacks; Blood pressure; Genetics, population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NIGERIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033037577     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.33.3.874     Document Type: Article

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