Study of prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension in a suburban area of Kathmandu, Nepal

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-37

  Sharma, Deewakar ^a   Rajbhandari, Sujeeb ^a   Raut, Roshan ^a   Baidya, Sajan G ^a   Kafle, Prakash M ^a   Baral, Bidur ^a   Rajbhandari, Rajib ^a   Bhatt, Yadav D ^a   Malla, Rabi ^a   Maskey, Arun ^a   Limbu, Yubraj ^a   Regmi, Shyam R ^a   Koirala, Bhagwan ^a  

^a Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Awareness; Hypertension; Prevalence; Treatment and control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

EID: 33745809451     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: 00194832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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