Exploring the iceberg of hypertension: A community based study in an eastern Nepal town

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 349-359

  Vaidya, Abhinav ^a   Pokharel, P K ^b   Karki, P ^b   Nagesh, S ^b  

^a KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Community based; Eastern Nepal; Hypertension; Iceberg

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 41849129301     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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