Determinants and treatment of hypertension in South Africans: The first demographic and health survey

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 376-380

  Steyn, Krisela ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^b   Norman, Rosana ^b   Laubscher, Ria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 44649140928     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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