Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension among bank employees in urban Puducherry, India

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 94-100

  Ganesh Kumar, S ^a   Deivanai Sundaram, N ^b  

^a Department of Preventive and Social Medicine ^*  (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Exercise; Hypertension; Manpower; Prevalence; Psychological; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898893226     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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