Socio-demographic inequalities in the prevalence, diagnosis and management of hypertension in India: Analysis of nationally-representative survey data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moser, Kath A ^a   Agrawal, Sutapa ^b   Smith, George Davey ^c   Ebrahim, Shah ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899495914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086043     Document Type: Article

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