The prevalence of hypertension and the state of cardiovascular health in Venezuela and surrounding nations

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 398-405

  Hernández Hernández, Rafael ^a,c   Armas Padilla, María Cristina ^a   Armas Hernández, Maria José ^a   Velasco, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Unidad de Terapia Medica   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Mortality Rate; Hypertension; Stroke; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032151065     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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