Awareness of hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors in rural and urban areas in Turkey

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 812-818

  Metintas, Selma ^a   Arikan, Inci ^a   Kalyoncu, Cemalettin ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Awareness; Cardiovascular diseases; Hypertension; Rural health; Turkey; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SALT INTAKE; SMOKING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 67649990141     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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