Socioeconomic inequality in blood pressure and its determinants: Cross-sectional data from Trinidad and Tobago

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-70

  Gulliford, Martin C ^a   Mahabir, D ^b   Rocke, B ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Income; Inequality; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0842329533     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001638     Document Type: Article

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