Time Trends in the Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors in Chandigarh

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 547-572

  Ahlawat, Sushil K ^a   Singh, M M C ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Kumari, S ^a   Sharma, B K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hypertension; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SMOKING;

EID: 0036731139     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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