Blood pressure awareness in Austria: Lessons from a 30 years horizon

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-414

  Steiner, Sabine ^a   Dorner, Thomas E ^a   George Fodor, J ^b   Kunze, Michael ^a   Rieder, Anita ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

awareness; blood pressure; hypertension; survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 79952992267     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.257     Document Type: Article

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