Social, lifestyle and demographic inequalities in hypertension care

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 246-253

  Sivén, Sam S ^a   Niiranen, Teemu J ^b   Aromaa, Arpo ^b   Koskinen, Seppo ^b   Jula, Antti M ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

awareness; blood pressure; control; Hypertension; lifestyle; prevalence; socio economic; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84927785934     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494815571031     Document Type: Article

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