Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of High Blood Pressure: A Population-Based Survey in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Ha, Duc Anh ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^b   Allison, Jeroan J ^b   Chu, Thang Hong ^c   Nguyen, Hoa L ^d,e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Thai Nguyen   (Viet Nam)

^d Institute of Population Health and Development   (Viet Nam)

^e OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIET NAM; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM;

EID: 84879514696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066792     Document Type: Article

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