Reducing the burden of arterial hypertension: What can be expected from an improved access to health care? Results from a study in 2420 unemployed subjects in the Caribbean

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-322

  Atallah, A ^a   Inamo, J ^b,c   Larabi, L ^d   Chatellier, G ^e   Rozet, J E ^f   Machuron, C ^a   de Gaudemaris, R ^c   Lang, T ^b  

^a Service de Cardiologie   (Guadeloupe)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f Centre de Santé Sainte Geneviève   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33947354868     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002150     Document Type: Article

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