Pattern of blood pressure indices among the residents of a rural community in south east Nigeria

International Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Onwubere, B J C ^a   Ejim, E C ^a   Okafor, C I ^a   Emehel, A ^a   Mbah, A U ^a   Onyia, U ^a   Mendis, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NIGERIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84868286197     PISSN: 20900384     EISSN: 20900392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/621074     Document Type: Article

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