Hypertension screening in a salami factory: A worksite hypertension study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 567-569

  Sonkodi, B ^a   Fodor, J G ^b   Abraham G ^a   Legrady P ^a   Ondrik, Z ^a   Lencse, G ^a   Sonkodi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Worksite epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4444248175     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001723     Document Type: Article

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