Screening for hypertension among older adults: A primary care "high Risk" approach

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-69

  John, Jacob ^a   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^a   Balraj, Vinohar ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951999683     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62561     Document Type: Article

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