Prevalence of hypertension among the adult population of Semnan province

Iranian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ghorbani, R ^a   Askandarian, R ^a   Malek, M ^a   Rashidy Pour, A ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adults; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension risk factors; Prevalence; Prevention; Semnan province

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN AREA; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 67649148376     PISSN: 16834844     EISSN: 16835476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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