Associations between household and neighbourhood socioeconomic status and systolic blood pressure among urban South African adolescents

Factors resulting in high risk for cardiovascular disease have been well studied in high income countries, but have been less well researched in low/middle income countries. This is despite robust theoretical evidence of environmental transitions in such countries which could result in biological ad...

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Main Authors: Paula Griffiths, Zoe A. Sheppard, Will Johnson, Noel Cameron, John M. Pettifor, Shane A. Norris
Format: Default Article
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Household socioeconomic status
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status
Pre-hypertension
South Africa
Adolescents
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/16002
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