Association of smoking and khat (Catha edulis Forsk) use with high blood pressure among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2006

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Tesfaye, Fikru ^a   Byass, Peter ^b   Berhane, Yemane ^c   Bonita, Ruth ^d   Wall, Stig ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Public Health and Clinical Medicine   (Sweden)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHA EDULIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84978390217     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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