Treatment and control of arterial hypertension in a rural community in Ecuador

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9364, 2003, Pages 1186-1187

  Anselmi, Mariella ^a,d   Avanzini, Fausto ^b   Moreira, Juan Martín ^a   Montalvo, Gregorio ^a   Armani, Daniela ^a   Prandi, Rosanna ^a   Marquez, Monica ^a   Caicedo, Cynthia ^a,c   Colombo, Fabio ^b   Tognoni, Gianni ^b  

^a Ctro Epidemiol Comunitaria Med T   (Ecuador)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Ecuador)

^d Don Calabria   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037420498     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12918-2     Document Type: Article

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