Blood pressure and hypertension distribution in a lower middle class urban community in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 333-338

  Aziz, Kalim Uddin ^a   Faruqui, Azhar Masood A ^b   Manolio, Teri ^b   Davis, C E ^c   Abenathy, J ^c  

^a Department of Cardiology   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 30744452484     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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