Blood pressure survey in two communities in the Volta region, Ghana, West Africa

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 292-294

  Burket, Brent A ^a,b  

^a Margaret Marquart Catholic Hospital   (Ghana)

^b La Clinica del Valle Family Health Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing world; Ghana; Hypertension; Rural; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; GHANA;

ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 33744972821     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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