Hypertension among attendants of primary health care centers in Al-Qassim region, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 960-963

  Kalantan, Khalid A ^a,b   Mohamed, Ashry G ^a   Al Taweel, Ahmed A ^a   Abdul Ghani, Hamza M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Hypertension; Primary health care centers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; STAGING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035213088     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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