Period prevalence and sociodemographic factors of hypertension in rural Maharashtra: A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Todkar, Sampatti Sambhaji ^a   Gujarathi, Venktesh V ^b   Tapare, Vinay S ^a  

^a Dr V M Govt Medical College   (India)

^b GMC   (India)

Author keywords

BMI; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849088752     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.55269     Document Type: Article

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