Hypertension and treatment outcomes in Palestine refugees in United Nations Relief and Works Agency primary health care clinics in Jordan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1276-1283

  Khader, A ^a   Farajallah, L ^a   Shahin, Y ^a   Hababeh, M ^a   Abu Zayed, I ^b   Zachariah, R ^c   Kochi, A ^d   Kapur, A ^e   Harries, A D ^f,g   Shaikh, I ^a   Seita, A ^a  

^a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East   (Jordan)

^b United Nations Relief and Works Agency   (Jordan)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e World Diabetes Foundation   (Denmark)

^f INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

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

Author keywords

Cohort reports; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Jordan; Palestine refugees

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEE; SMOKING; UNITED NATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALESTINE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TELEHEALTH; UNITED NATIONS; AGED; ARAB; COHORT REPORTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, REFUGIADOS PALESTINOS; DIABÈTE SUCRÉ; HIPERTENSIÓN; INFORME DE COHORTES; JORDANIA; JORDANIE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PALESTINE REFUGEES; PREVALENCE; RAPPORTS DE COHORTE; RELIEF WORK; RÉFUGIÉS DE PALESTINE; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

JORDAN; PALESTINE;

COHORT REPORTS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, REFUGIADOS PALESTINOS; DIABÈTE SUCRÉ; HIPERTENSIÓN; HYPERTENSION; INFORME DE COHORTES; JORDAN; JORDANIA; JORDANIE; PALESTINE REFUGEES; RAPPORTS DE COHORTE; RÉFUGIÉS DE PALESTINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ARABS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; RELIEF WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED NATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908877880     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12356     Document Type: Article

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