Hypertension in the native rural population of Assam

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 300-304

  Hazarika, N C ^a   Narain, K ^a   Biswas, D ^a   Kalita, H C ^b   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE CONTROL; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SALT INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 14244260496     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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