The Burden of Hypertension in an Oil- and Gas-Polluted Environment: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 925-933

  Ezejimofor, Martinsixtus C ^a   Uthman, Olalekan A ^a,b   Maduka, Omosivie ^c   Ezeabasili, Aloysius C ^d   Onwuchekwa, Arthur C ^c   Ezejimofor, Benedeth C ^a   Asuquo, Eme ^c   Chen, Yen Fu ^a   Stranges, Saverio ^a,e   Kandala, Ngianga Bakwin ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^f NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood pressure; crude oil gas pollution; hypertension; Niger Delta; Nigeria; prevalence; rural community based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GAS FLARING; GAS POLLUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OIL SPILL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NIGERIA; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84982915345     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpw009     Document Type: Article

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