High prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension in a working population in Hungary

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-208

  Sonkodi, Balazs ^a   Sonkodi, Sandor ^b   Steiner, Sabine ^c   Helis, Eftyhia ^c   Turton, Penelope ^c   Zachar, Peter ^c   Abrahám, György ^b   Legrady, Péter ^b   Fodor, J George ^c  

^a OXIVIT Medical Group   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood pressure; blood pressure screening; Hungary; hypertenstion; prehypertension; worksites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 84856047758     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.199     Document Type: Article

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