Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1018-1024

  Van De Vijver, Steven J M ^a,b   Oti, Samuel O ^a,b   Agyemang, Charles ^b   Gomez, Gabriela B ^b   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; determinants; epidemiology; hypertension prevalence; hypertension treatment and control; Kenya; slum; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84876286439     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835e3a56     Document Type: Article

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