Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Portugal: The PAP study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1661-1666

  Macedo, Mário Espiga ^a,b   Lima, Maria J ^a,c   Silva, António O ^c   Alcantara, Paula ^d   Ramalhinho, Vitor ^d   Carmona, José ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^d Hospital Sta Maria   (Portugal)

^e HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Awareness; Control; Hypertension; Portugal; Prevalence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 24144458902     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000179908.51187.de     Document Type: Article

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