A community study of health promotion in rural West Africa: Details of a household survey and population census

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 445-450

  Plange Rhule, J ^a,b   Cappuccio, F P ^a   Emmett, L ^a   Kerry, S M ^a   Edmundson, A R ^c   Acheampong, D ^d   Eastwood, J B ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RURAL AREA; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URBAN AREA; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0036312867     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/95.7.445     Document Type: Article

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