Cardiovascular function and psychological distress in urbanised black South Africans: The SABPA study

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 206-211

  Mashele, N ^a   Van Rooyen, J M ^a   Malan, L ^a   Potgieter, J C ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular function; Depression; Hypertension; Perception of health; Urbanised Africans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77955875363     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2010-022     Document Type: Article

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