Prevalence and risk factors of undetected elevated blood pressure in an elderly Southeast Asian population

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Joshi, Veena ^a   Lim, J ^b   Nandkumar, M ^a  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^b National Kidney Foundation   (Singapore)

Author keywords

BMI; Hypertension; Proteinuria and elderly population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 35348942321     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10105395070190020201     Document Type: Article

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