Geographical variation in prevalence of hypertension within The Gambia

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 733-739

  Van Der Sande, M A B ^a   Milligan, P J M ^a   Walraven, G E L ^a   Dolmans, W M V ^b   Newport, M ^a   Nyan, O A ^a   Banya, W A S ^a   Thien, Th ^b   Ward, R ^c   McAdam, K P W J ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Institute of Biological Anthropology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community randomised trials; Geographical variation; Hypertension prevalence; Sub Sahara Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034762552     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001259     Document Type: Article

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