Prevalence of hypertension in three rural communities of Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State, South West Nigeria

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 863-868

  Adebayo, Rasaaq A ^a   Balogun, Michael O ^a   Adedoyin, Rufus A ^a   Obashoro John, Oluwayemisi A ^b   Bisiriyu, Luqman A ^a   Abiodun, Olugbenga O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Nigeria; Prevalence; Rural communities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

EID: 84889000646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S51906     Document Type: Article

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