Prevalence, incidence, awareness and control of hypertension in the province of Quebec: Perspective from administrative and survey data

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Blais, Claudia ^a,b   Rochette, Louis ^a   Hamel, Denis ^a   Poirier, Paul ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Hypertension; Public health surveillance; Survey data; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898463842     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4123     Document Type: Article

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