The coming epidemic: Hypertension in rural Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-148

  Young, J H ^a,b   Parler, P ^c   Bristol, B ^d   Klag, M J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d Ala Too Ashari ^*  (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Clinical Care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KYRGYZSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 13544268693     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001791     Document Type: Article

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