Nationwide prevalence study of hypertension and related non- communicable diseases in The Gambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1039-1048

  Van der Sande, Marianne A B ^a   Bailey, Robin ^a,b   Faal, Hannah ^c   Banya, Winston A S ^a   Dolin, Paul ^d   Nyan, Ousman A ^a   Ceesay, Sana M ^a   Walraven, Gijs E L ^a   Johnson, Gordon J ^d   McAdam, Keith P W J ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c National Eye Care Programme   (Gambia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Diabetes; Hypertension; Obesity; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

GAMBIA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 9844260056     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-184.x     Document Type: Article

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