Hypertension in a Brazilian Urban Slum Population

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 446-459

  Unger, Alon ^a,b   Felzemburgh, Ridalva D M ^b   Snyder, Robert E ^d   Ribeiro, Guilherme S ^b,c   Mohr, Sharif ^b   Costa, Vinícius B A ^b   Melendez, Astrid X T O ^b   Reis, Renato B ^b   Santana, Francisco S ^b   Riley, Lee W ^d   Reis, Mitermayer G ^b   Ko, Albert I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hypertension; Non communicable disease; Prevalence; Urban slum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930382765     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-015-9956-1     Document Type: Article

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