Urban-rural disparity of overweight, hypertension, undiagnosed hypertension, and untreated hypertension in China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Hou, Xiaohui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Hypertension; Overweight; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 41149118452     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539507312306     Document Type: Article

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