The prevalence and treatment of hypertension in the elderly population of the Mexican Institute of Social Security

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 415-420

  García Peña, Carmen ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^b   Reyes, Sandra ^a   Salmerón Castro, Jorge ^a   Durán, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Chronic diseases; Hypertension; Mexico; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; SOCIAL SECURITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035183589     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342001000500005     Document Type: Article

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