Hypertension and stroke in Africans

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 193-194

  Billinghurst, J R ^a  

^a 67 Marlborough Crescent ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STROKE;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NIGERIA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036800416     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200402     Document Type: Editorial

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