Hypertension prevalence and treatment in Denmark;Hypertension - forekomst og behandling

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 171, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 1998-2000

  Ibsen, Hans ^a,b,c   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b,c   Jensen, Gorm B ^a,b,c   Jacobsen, Ib Abildgaard ^a,b,c  

^a HOLBÆK HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DENMARK; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649644575     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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