Regional characteristics of arterial hypertension in adult population of Croatia;Regionalne značajke arterijske hipertenzije u odraslog stanovništva Republike Hrvatske

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-298

  Erceg, Marijan ^a   Hrabak Žerjavić, Vlasta ^a   Uhernik, Ana Ivičević ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Prevalence; Regional characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROATIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34347225601     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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