Hypertension awareness, treatment and control rates for an Asian population: Results from a national survey in Korea

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 269-273

  Jones, Daniel W ^a   Kim, Joung Soon ^b   Kim, Sung Jin ^c   Hong, Young Pyo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Korean Polar Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia; Awareness; Control; Hypertension; Korea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0030225299     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961795     Document Type: Review

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