Variations in the prevalence of point (pre)hypertension in a Nigerian school-going adolescent population living in a semi-urban and an urban area

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ejike, Chukwunonso E C C ^a,c   Ugwu, Chidiebere E ^b,c   Ezeanyika, Lawrence U S ^b,c  

^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; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HYPERTENSION; POPULATION; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SYSTOLE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77950453658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-13     Document Type: Article

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