Blood pressure levels among cross-cultural populations of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 502-512

  Kusuma, Y S ^a   Babu, B V ^a   Naidu, J M ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

INDIA;

SLUM;

EID: 0036029480     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460110117876     Document Type: Article

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