Regional differences in the Prevalence of arterial hypertension in Croatia

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 33, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 19-23

  Erceg, Marijan ^a   Kern, Josipa ^b   Babić Erceg, Andrea ^a   Ivičević Uhernik, Ana ^a   Vuletić, Silvije ^b  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Croatian Adult Health Survey; Prevalence; Regional differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68049139318     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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