Hypertension in Delhi: Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 142-145

  Chaturvedi, S ^a   Pant, M ^a   Neelam, ^a   Yadav, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 35248829112     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507781524593     Document Type: Article

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