Heritability of blood pressure in Nigerian families

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 859-863

  Adeyemo, Adebowale A ^a   Omotade, Olayemi O ^a   Rotimi, Charles N ^a   Luke, Amy H ^a   Tayo, Bamidele O ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blacks; Blood pressure; Familial aggregation; Genetics; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NIGERIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036563282     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200205000-00019     Document Type: Article

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