Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi's slums: A descriptive study

Globalization and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hulzebosch, Annelieke ^a   van de Vijver, Steven ^b,c   Oti, Samuel O ^c   Egondi, Thaddaeus ^c   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Awareness; Diabetes; Drug coherence; Hypertension; Overweight; Slums; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

DIABETES; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG COST; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEGETABLE; YOUNG ADULT; URBAN POPULATION;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84936934093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-015-0112-1     Document Type: Article

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