Epidemiology of hypertension in Northern Tanzania: A community-based mixed-methods study

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Galson, Sophie W ^a   Staton, Catherine A ^a   Karia, Francis ^b   Kilonzo, Kajiru ^c   Lunyera, Joseph ^a   Patel, Uptal D ^d   Hertz, Julian T ^a   Stanifer, John W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Disparities; Hypertension; Non communicable diseases; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE BURDEN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA;

EID: 85047602730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018829     Document Type: Article

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