Hypertension among Tunisian adults: Results of the TAHINA project

Hypertension Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-347

  Ben Romdhane, Habiba ^a   Ben Ali, Samir ^a   Skhiri, Hajer ^a   Traissac, Pierre ^b   Bougatef, Souha ^a   Maire, Bernard ^b   Delpeuch, Francis ^b   Achour, Noureddine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b University Montpellier 1 et 2   (France)

Author keywords

awareness; control; prevalence; treatment; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MERCURY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TUNISIA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84857927200     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2011.198     Document Type: Article

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