The global burden of hypertension: Good news and bad news

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 181-185

  Mensah, George A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DEATH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036067864     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(02)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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