The many faces of hypertension in Canada

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 354-359

  Quan, Hude ^a   McAlister, Finlay A ^b   Khan, Nadia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; AGE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84904736350     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: 15317080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000072     Document Type: Review

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