Community based lifestyle intervention for blood pressure reduction in children and young adults in developing country: Cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7762, 2010, Pages

  Jafar, Tazeen H ^a   Islam, Muhammad ^a   Hatcher, Juanita ^a   Hashmi, Shiraz ^a   Bux, Rasool ^a   Khan, Ayesha ^a   Poulter, Neil ^b   Badruddin, Salma ^a   Chaturvedi, Nish ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PAKISTAN; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956083870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2641     Document Type: Article

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