Validity of self-reported hypertension in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 1988-1991

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 678-685

  Vargas, Clemencia M ^a   Burt, Vicki L ^a   Gillum, Richard F ^a   Pamuk, Elsie R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; NHANES; Validity, sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030963866     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0190     Document Type: Article

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