Commentary: Epidemiological transition and socioeconomic inequalities in blood pressure in Jamaica

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 408-409

  Gulliford, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

BLOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; JAMAICA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0038141798     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg158     Document Type: Article

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