Prevalence and management of hypertension among Turkish, Moroccan and native Dutch ethnic groups in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: The Amsterdam Health Monitor Survey

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2169-2176

  Agyemang, Charles ^a,b   Ujcic Voortman, Joanne ^c   Uitenbroek, Daan ^c   Foets, Marleen ^d   Droomers, Mariël ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Epidemiology Documentation and Health Promotion ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Moroccan; The Netherlands; Turkish

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

EID: 33750250564     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000249693.73618.c9     Document Type: Review

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