Prevalence of hypertension in patients attending Al-Kharj Military Hospital

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 558-560

  Siddiqui, Saima ^a   Ogbeide, Danny O ^a,b   Karim, Anjum ^a   Al Khalifa, Ibrahim ^a  

^a Al Kharj Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Dept of Fam and Community Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Community; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034208946     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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