Socioeconomic disparities in prevalence, treatment, and control of hypertension in middle-aged Koreans

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 425-432

  Cha, Sun Hwa ^a   Park, Hye Soon ^a   Cho, Hong Jun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Control of hypertension; Hypertension; Prevalence; Socioeconomic disparities; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867160504     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20110132     Document Type: Article

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