The burden of high blood pressure and related risk factors in urban Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidences from Douala in Cameroon

African Health Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-44

  Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a,b   Awah, Paschal Kum ^a   Fezeu, Leopold ^a   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Health of Population in Transition (HOPIT) Research Group   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; Cameroon; Hypertension; Non communicable diseases; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547811363     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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