A community-based study of hypertension and cardio-metabolic syndrome in semi-urban and rural communities in Nigeria

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ulasi, Ifeoma I ^a   Ijoma, Chinwuba K ^a   Onodugo, Obinna D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77951487892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-71     Document Type: Article

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