High blood pressure in Latin America: A call to action

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-285

  Rubinstein, Adolfo ^a   Alcocer, Luis ^b   Chagas, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health; High blood pressure; Hypertension; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 68349122483     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944709338084     Document Type: Review

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