Regular Khat (Catha edulis) chewing is associated with elevated diastolic blood pressure among adults in Butajira, Ethiopia: A comparative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Getahun, Workineh ^a   Gedif, Teferi ^a   Tesfaye, Fikru ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CATHINONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALOIDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954081611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-390     Document Type: Article

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