Family history: An opportunity for early interventions and improved control of hypertension, obesity and diabetes

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-328

  Van Der Sande, Marianne A B ^a   Walraven, Gijs E L ^a   Milligan, Paul J M ^a   Banya, Winston A S ^a   Ceesay, Sana M ^a   Nyan, Ousman A ^a   McAdam, Keith P W J ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident genetics; Cross sectional studies; Diabetes mellitus genetics; Genetic predisposici n to disease; Ghana (source: MeSH); Hypertension genetics; Obesity genetics; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

DIABETES; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; FAMILY HISTORY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0035044888     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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