Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among adults in rural north-western China: A cross-sectional population survey

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1291-1300

  Dong, Caixia ^a,b   Ge, Pengfei ^b   Ren, Xiaolan ^b   Fan, Haoqiang ^b   Yan, Xiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gansu Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

awareness; control; cross sectional survey; Hypertension; prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING;

EID: 84887395041     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: 14732300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300060513488498     Document Type: Article

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