Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-sectional surveys in four rural and urban communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hendriks, Marleen E ^a   Wit, Ferdinand W N M ^a   Roos, Marijke T L ^b   Brewster, Lizzy M ^a   Akande, Tanimola M ^c   de Beer, Ingrid H ^d   Mfinanga, Sayoki G ^e   Kahwa, Amos M ^e   Gatongi, Peter ^f   van Rooy, Gert ^g   Janssens, Wendy ^h,i   Lammers, Judith ^a,h   Kramer, Berber ^a,h   Bonfrer, Igna ^h,j   Gaeb, Esegiel ^k   van der Gaag, Jacques ^a,h   Rinke de Wit, Tobias F ^a,b   Lange, Joep M A ^a   Schultsz, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^d PharmAccess Foundation   (Namibia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^f MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^h Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID)   (Netherlands)

ⁱ VU University   (Netherlands)

^j ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^k Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP) Ltd   (Namibia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84858031334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032638     Document Type: Article

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