Prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension in rural communities of Himachal Pradesh

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 423-425

  Bhardwaj, Rajeev ^a   Kandoria, Arvind ^a   Marwah, Rajeev ^a   Vaidya, Piyush ^a   Singh, Bakshish ^a   Dhiman, Pravesh ^a   Sharma, Avinash ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954395993     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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