Prevalence of hypertension in a disadvantaged population in Antilles: A major role for obesity?;Prévalence de l'HTA en population précaire aux Antilles: Rôle majeur de l'obésité?

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-27

  Atallah, André ^a,g   Inamo, J ^b   Lang, T ^c   Larabi, L ^d   Chatellier, G ^e   Rozet, J E ^f   Machuron, C ^a   De Gaudemaris, R ^d  

^a Centre Hospitalier de Basse Terre   (Guadeloupe)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f Centre de Santé Sainte Geneviève   (Guadeloupe)

^g Réseau de Soins Sur l'Hta en Guadeloupe : Réseau HTA GWAD ^*  (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARTINIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 33847418395     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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