Improving control of high blood pressure among middle-aged Turkish women of low socio-economic status through public health training

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 477-482

  Kisioglu, Ahmet Nesimi ^a,d   Aslan, Banu ^b   Ozturk, Mustafa ^a   Aykut, Mualla ^c   Ilhan, Inci ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Health training support; Obesity; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BOILING POINT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRYING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALT INTAKE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TURKEY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 4444270786     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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