The incidence of hypertension among a select population of adults in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 947-949

  Ofuya, Zuleat Millicent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

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EID: 35348956582     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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