Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in the Malaysian Adult Population: Results from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 1996

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-27

  Lim, T O ^a   Morad, Z ^a   Hussein, Rozita H ^b   Hamid, Maimunah A ^b   Ding, L M ^b   Merican, Ismail ^b   Ramly, Rushdi ^b   Samad, Ismail ^b   Kamaluddin, Mohd A ^b   Jelip, Jenaron ^b   Abdullah, Norazmi ^b   Majid, Jamaluddin A ^b   Tiew, Tong C ^b   Sararaks, Sondi ^b  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Awareness; Blood pressure; Control; Detection; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 12144287547     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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