Prevalence, treatment, control, and awareness of high blood pressure and the risk of stroke in Northwest England

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 288-294

  Du, Xianglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Disease control; High blood pressure treatment awareness; Hypertension; Prevention; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034077589     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0646     Document Type: Article

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