Usefulness for surveillance of hypertension prevalence studies in Latin America and the Caribbean: the past 10 years

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Peña, Melissa S Burroughs ^a   Abdala, Carmen Verônica Mendes ^b   Silva, Luis Carlos ^c   Ordúñez, Pedro ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Science Information (BIREME PAHO WHO)   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS DE LA HABANA   (Cuba)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean region; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiological surveillance; Hypertension; Latin America; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHY; CROSS SECTION; DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84865969013     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892012000700003     Document Type: Article

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