Hypertension: Prevalence and its associated factors in a Rural South Indian Population

Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 105-109

  Madhu, B ^a   Srinath, K M ^a   Ashok, N C ^a  

^a JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Mysore; Prevalence; Rural; South India

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA;

EID: 84878269127     PISSN: 09760245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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