Epidemiology of stroke and high blood pressure in Africa

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 697-705

  Mensah, George A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AFRICA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISABILITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATALITY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 44449177684     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.127753     Document Type: Review

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