Challenges for the management of hypertension in low-resource settings

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages

  Mendis, Shanthi ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GENERIC DRUG;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SODIUM RESTRICTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0041526461     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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