Health-related quality of life and awareness of hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2070-2074

  Korhonen, Päivi E ^a,b   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^b,c,d   Kautiainen, Hannu ^e,f   Järvenpää, Salme ^g   Kantola, Ilkka ^c  

^a Central Satakunta Health Federation of Municipalities   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

^e Central Finland Central Hospital   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g Medcare Foundation   (Finland)

Author keywords

glucose homeostasis; hypertension; obesity; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 80054101275     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834bbca7     Document Type: Article

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