Microlevel determinants of blood pressure among women of two ethnic groups in a periurban area of Kolkata City, India

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-415

  Ghosh, Rohini ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34249700261     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20602     Document Type: Article

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