Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in rural areas of Davanagere

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-141

  Yuvaraj, B Y ^a   Nagendra Gowda, M R ^b   Umakantha, A G ^c  

^a S S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital   (India)

^c J J M MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951979633     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62578     Document Type: Article

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