Patients knowledge of hypertension and its control in eastern Sudan

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 324-328

  Osman, E M ^a   Suleiman, I ^b   Elzubair, A G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^c IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SUDAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 34548433475     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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