The prevalence of abdominal obesity and hypertension amongst adults in Ogbomoso, Nigeria

African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Amole, Isaac O ^a   OlaOlorun, Akintayo D ^a   Odeigah, Louis O ^b   Adesina, Stephen A ^a  

^a Bowen University Bowen University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

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EID: 84861865886     PISSN: 20712928     EISSN: 20712936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v3i1.188     Document Type: Article

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