Hypertension screening and cardiovascular risk profiling in Vietnam

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 269-273

  Duong, Diep N ^a   Ryan, Rebecca ^b   Vo, Dai T ^c   Tran, Thuan T ^d  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular risks; Health promotion; Hypertension screening; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VIET NAM; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0345602853     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2003.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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