Blood pressure patterns in relation to geographic area of residence: A cross-sectional study of adolescents in Kogi state, Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ejike, Chukwunonso E C C ^a,c   Ugwu, Chidi E ^b,c   Ezeanyika, Lawrence U S ^b,c   Olayemi, Ayo T ^b  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NIGERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249105116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-411     Document Type: Article

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