Assessing hypertension management in the community: Trends of prevalence, detection, treatment, and control of hypertension in the MONICA Project, Augsburg 1984-1995

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-36

  Gasse, C ^a,b   Hense, H W ^b   Stieber, J ^c   Doring A ^c   Liese, A D ^b   Keil, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive treatment; Detection and control; Population study; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; RESERPINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035138976     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001120     Document Type: Article

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