Comparison of risk factors between prehypertension and hypertension in Korean Male Industrial Workers

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 314-323

  Ji, Hyun Lee ^a   Seon, Young Hwang ^b   Eun, Jeong Kim ^a   Mi, Ja Kim ^b  

^a Kosin University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Male industrial workers; Occupational health; Prehypertension; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745600566     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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