Trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in the middle-aged population in China, 1992-1998

Hypertension Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 703-709

  Wang, Zengwu ^a   Wu, Yangfeng ^a   Zhao, Liancheng ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Yang, Jun ^a,h   Zhou, Beifan ^a   Li, Xian ^a   Wu, Zhaosu ^b   Wu, Guixian ^b   Yu, Xuehai ^c   Yin, Hong ^d   Wang, Anbing ^d   Hong, Zhen ^e   Huang, Maosheng ^e   Li, Yihe ^f   Liu, Xiaoqing ^f   Zhu, Liguang ^g   Fu, Xihan ^h   Zhang, Wensheng ⁱ   Guo, Jiantao ⁱ   Yang, Yi ^j   Tian, Xiuzhen ^k   Yang, Ruixiang ^l   Guo, Dongshuang ^l   Ruan, Liansheng ^m   more..

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CISC Hospital   (China)

^d Deyang Institute of Hygiene   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital   (China)

^g GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h Hanzhong Hospital   (China)

ⁱ Jintan Institute of Hygiene   (China)

^j Mudanjiang No 1 Hospital   (China)

^k Shijingshan NCD Institute   (China)

^l Yuxian Hospital   (China)

^m Zhoushan Cardiovascular Institute   (China)

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Author keywords

Awareness; Hypertension; Prevalence; Treatment; Trend

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 19944361818     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.27.703     Document Type: Article

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