Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 19-24 , January 2008

Prehypertension in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa: An opportunity for early prevention of clinical hypertension

  • Charles Agyemang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31205664885; fax: +31206972316.
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  • Ellis Owusu-Dabo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Received 22 October 2006 ,Revised 10 April 2007 ,Accepted 25 April 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00153-9

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.04.015

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 19-24 , January 2008