Effectiveness of diabetes and hypertension management by rural primary health-care workers (Behvarz workers) in Iran: A nationally representative observational study

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9810, 2012, Pages 47-54

  Farzadfar, Farshad ^a   Murray, Christopher J L ^e   Gakidou, Emmanuela ^e   Bossert, Thomas ^d   Namdaritabar, Hengameh ^f   Alikhani, Siamak ^f   Moradi, Ghobad ^b   Delavari, Alireza ^c   Jamshidi, Hamidreza ^g   Ezzati, Majid ^h  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^g SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84855480178     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61349-4     Document Type: Article

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