Evaluation of health-related quality of life among hypertensive patients in a rural area, PR China

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-229

  Liang, X Y ^a,b   Nie, S F ^b   Qu, K Y ^c   Peng, X X ^a   Wei, S ^b   Zhu, G B ^b   Wu, L J ^a   Guo, X H ^a   Xiao, R ^a   Ju, L R ^a   Wang, W ^a,d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Yiling Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33745916768     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001967     Document Type: Article

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