Awareness of the risk factors, presenting features and complications of hypertension amongst hypertensives and normotensives

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 711-715

  Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^a   Gowani, Saqib Ali ^a   Irani, Faria Amber ^a   Ishaq, Mohammad ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57449099554     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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