Community-based education classes for hypertension control: A 1.5-year randomized controlled trial

Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 968-974

  Iso, Hiroyasu ^a   Shimamoto, Takashi ^a   Yokota, Kimiko ^b   Sankai, Tomoko ^a   Jacobs Jr , David R ^c   Komachi, Yoshio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Kyowa Health Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

clinical trials; community health services; education; lifestyle; sodium, dietary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SODIUM INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029917089     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.27.4.968     Document Type: Article

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