Relationship between parental socio-economic status and casual blood pressure in Coastal Nigerian adolescents;Relations entre statut socio-économique et décontractés sang Pression dans la région côtière adolescents nigérians

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 146-152

  Ansa, Victor O ^a   Anah, M U ^a   Odey, F A ^a   Mbu, P N ^a   Agbor, E I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood pressure; Nigeria; Parental socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NIGERIA; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79959990924     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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