Prevalence of hypertension and its correlates in Lusaka urban district of Zambia: A population based survey

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Goma, Fastone M ^a   Nzala, Selestine H ^a   Babaniyi, Olusegun ^b   Songolo, Peter ^b   Zyaambo, Cosmos ^a   Rudatsikira, Emmanuel ^c   Siziya, Seter ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; BMI; fasting blood glucose level; Hypertension; Lusaka; sedentary behaviour; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 80053525231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-4-34     Document Type: Article

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