Why do black Americans have higher prevalence of hypertension?: An enigma still unsolved

Hypertension

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-380

  Fuchs, Flávio D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SODIUM RETENTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79953248598     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.163196     Document Type: Editorial

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