The epidemiology of blood pressure in East Asia

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-99

  Harrison, W ^a   Marshall, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDONESIA; JAPAN; KOREA; LIFESTYLE; MALAYSIA; NOTE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAR EAST; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 31444434020     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001958     Document Type: Note

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