Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Canada

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 10 I, 1997, Pages 1097-1102

  Joffres, Michel R ^a   Ghadirian, Parviz ^b   Fodor, J George ^c   Petrasovits, Andres ^d   Chockalingam, Arun ^e   Hamet, Pavel ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e Can Coal High Blood Pressure P   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Heart Health Survey; Hypertension awareness; Hypertension treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AWARENESS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030657989     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(97)00224-0     Document Type: Article

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