Prevalence of Hypertension in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Gao, Yun ^a   Chen, Gang ^b   Tian, Haoming ^a   Lin, Lixiang ^b   Lu, Juming ^c   Weng, Jianping ^d   Jia, Weiping ^e   Ji, Linong ^f   Xiao, Jianzhong ^g   Zhou, Zhiguang ^h   Ran, Xingwu ^a   Ren, Yan ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Yang, Wenying ^g  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^g CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^h CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878901859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065938     Document Type: Article

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