Prevalence of hypertension in obese and non-obese Saudis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-48

  El Hazmi, Mohsen A ^a   Warsy, Arjumand S ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0035236538     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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