Hypertension in an urban area: Facts and figures. A community based survey in Burkina Faso;Connaissances d'une population urbaine sur l'hypertension artérielle: Enquête prospective menée à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-222

  Niakara, A ^c   Nebie, L V A ^c   Zagre, N M ^a   Ouedraogo, N A ^c   Megnigbeto, A C ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^b Ctr d'Enseignement Statistique A   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Black African; Burkina Faso; High blood pressure; Knowledge; Ouagadougou; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BURKINA FASO; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0142249331     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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