Perceptions on hypertension among migrants in Delhi, India: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kusuma, Yadlapalli S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THEORETICAL MODEL; AWARENESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 69149110413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-267     Document Type: Article

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