Gender disparities in hypertension among different ethnic groups in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The SUNSET study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1001-1006

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   De Munter, Jeroen ^a   Van Valkengoed, Irene ^a   Van Den Born, Bert Jan ^b   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 50249120579     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.227     Document Type: Article

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