The prevalence of hypertension and its modifiable risk factors among lecturers of a medical school in Port Harcourt, south-south Nigeria: Implications for control effort

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Ordinioha, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Epidemiological transition; Hypertension; Medical lecturers; Modifiable risk factors; Nigeria; Port Harcourt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84873683744     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.106704     Document Type: Article

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