Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control in rural Chinese

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 366-369

  Dong, G ^a   Sun, Z ^a   Zheng, L ^a   Li, J ^b   Zhang, X ^a   Xu, C ^a   Hu, D ^b   Sun, Y ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINA; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 42449134089     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002303     Document Type: Article

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