Prevalence and determinants of blood pressure screening in Pakistan

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1979-1984

  Ahmad, Khabir ^a   Jafar, Tazeen H ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; High blood pressure; National Health Survey; Pakistan; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 29244454256     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000187258.86824.00     Document Type: Article

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