Cultural interpretations of an emerging health problem: Blood pressure in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-324

  Strahl, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0344309917     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364847032000133834     Document Type: Article

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