Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors among older rural adults: Results from liaoning province, China

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Pang, Wenyue ^a   Li, Zixu ^a   Sun, Zhaoqing ^a   Zheng, Liqiang ^a   Zhang, Xingang ^a   Xu, Changlu ^a   Liu, Shuangshuang ^a   Li, Jue ^b   Hu, Dayi ^b   Sun, Yingxian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hypertension, prevalence; Older rural Chinese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 73849107038     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252830     Document Type: Article

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