Awareness status and prevalence of hypertension in a group of urban Haitians: Findings of a population-based survey

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 419-430

  Shipp, Michèle P L ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cardiovascular diseases; Haitians; Health education; Hypertension; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035461537     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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