Prevalence of hypertension in a rural community of Central India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 26-29

  Kokiwar, Prashant R ^a   Gupta, Sunil S ^b   Durge, Pushpa M ^c  

^a CAIMS   (India)

^b Diabetes Care and Research Centre   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84863741525     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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