Health risk behaviours, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among rural community people in Thailand

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Howteerakul, Nopporn ^a   Suwannapong, N ^a   Sittilerd, R ^b   Rawdaree, P ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c NAVAMINDRADHIRAJ UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Awareness; Control; Health risk behaviours; Hypertension; Thailand; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 33645732931     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10105395060180010201     Document Type: Article

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