Controlling arterial hypertension in the French West Indies: A separate strategy for women?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 665-670

  Atallah, André ^a,b   Kelly Irving, Michelle ^b,c   Zouini, Nabila ^b   Ruidavets, Jean Bernard ^c   Inamo, Jocelyn ^d   Lang, Thierry ^c  

^a CH de la Basse Terre   (France)

^b Gourbeyre   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

blood pressure; Caribbean; education; hypertension; obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUADELOUPE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 78649717733     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp207     Document Type: Article

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