A tool for assessing the usefulness of prevalence studies done for surveillance purposes: The example of hypertension

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 152-160

  Silva, Luis Carlos ^a   Ordúñez, Pedro ^b   Rodríguez, María Paz ^b   Robles, Sylvia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS DE LA HABANA   (Cuba)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Prevalence; Research methodology; Risk factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034780936     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892001000900002     Document Type: Article

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