Changes in blood pressure and lipids associated with rural to urban migration in Tanzania

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 704-706

  Unwin, N ^a   McLarty, D ^b   Machibya, H ^c   Aspray, T ^b   Tamin, B ^d   Carlin, L ^b   Patel, S ^b   Walker, M ^b   Alberti, K G M M ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^d MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; RURAL AREA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33747725288     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002056     Document Type: Article

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