Hypertension prevalence and care in an urban and rural area of Tanzania

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-152

  Edwards, Richard ^d   Unwin, Nigel ^e   Mugusi, Ferdinand ^a   Whiting, David ^b   Rashid, Seif ^c   Kissima, John ^e   Aspray, Terence J ^e   Alberti, K George M M ^e  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Morbidity and Mortality Project   (Tanzania)

^c Ilala District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Hypertension; Non communicable diseases; Prevalence; Sub Saharan Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034000122     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200018020-00003     Document Type: Article

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