Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and risk factors for hypertension in a rural population in South India

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-94

  Kaur, Prabhdeep ^a   Rao, Sudha Ramachandra ^a   Radhakrishnan, Ezhil ^a   Rajasekar, Daniel ^a   Gupte, Mohan D ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertension; India; Risk factors; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84858793304     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0303-3     Document Type: Article

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