Hypertension, urbanization, social and spatial disparities: a cross-sectional population-based survey in a West African urban environment (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1136-1142

  Niakara, Ali ^a   Fournet, Florence ^b   Gary, Jean ^b   Harang, Maud ^b,c   Nébié, Lucie V A ^a   Salem, Gérard ^b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Hypertension; Inequalities; Risk factors; Socio economic factors; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN DIET; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURKINA FASO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBANIZATION;

EID: 34648840308     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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