Hypertension in Iranian urban population, epidemiology, awareness, treatment and control

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 63-70

  Namayandeh, S M ^a   Sadr, S M ^b   Rafiei, M ^b   Modares Mosadegh, M ^b   Rajaefard, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Awareness treatment and control; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Urban population

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858321194     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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