Socioeconomic position and later life prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and visual impairment in Nakuru, Kenya

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-141

  Ploubidis, George B ^a   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^a   De Stavola, Bianca ^a   Grundy, Emily ^a   Foster, Allen ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Diabetes; Education; Health inequalities; Hypertension; Kenya; Material resources; Smoking; Socioeconomic position; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873167599     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0389-2     Document Type: Article

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