Epidemiological study of hypertension in natives of Spiti valley in Himalayas and impact of hypobaric hypoxemia; A cross-sectional study

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 21-25

  Negi, P C ^a   Bhardwaj, Rajeev ^a   Kandoria, Arvind ^a   Asotra, Sanjeev ^a   Ganju, Neeraj ^a   Marwaha, Rajeev ^a   Sharma, Rajesh ^a   Kanwar, Anubhav ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863772217     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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