Open AccessThe prevalence of hypertension in rural and urban Cameroon
Author(s) -
Jean Claude Mbanya,
EM Minkoulou,
JN Salah,
Beverley Balkau
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/27.2.181
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , rural area , demography , incidence (geometry) , blood pressure , population , prevalence , environmental health , physics , pathology , sociology , optics
The quickening pace of change and adoption of western lifestyles by people in developing countries has led to a sharp rise in the incidence of hypertension. Yet epidemiological studies using validated methods are rare especially in Central Africa.
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