Socioeconomic position and hypertension: A study of urban civil servants in Ghana

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 646-650

  Addo, J ^a   Smeeth, L ^a   Leon, D A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIVIL SERVICE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67651207372     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.081828     Document Type: Article

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