Factors associated with hypertension prevalence, unawareness and treatment among Costa Rican elderly

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Méndez Chacón, Ericka ^a   Santamaría Ulloa, Carolina ^a,b   Rosero Bixby, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 50249133185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-275     Document Type: Article

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