Prevalence of arterial hypertension in the urban adult population of Ecuador: Quito, guayaquil, and Cuenca-the PREHTAE study

CVD Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-58

  Cornejo, C ^a   Vinueza, R ^a   Moscoso, F ^a   Calero, E ^a   Gonzalez G ^a   Perugachi, C ^a   Montenegro, F ^a   Schargrodsky, H ^a   Wielgosz, A ^a   Trujillo, F ^a  

^a Alberto Einstein ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Ecuador; Prevalence of arterial hypertension; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECUADOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0034505919     PISSN: 10954155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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