Resources for Blood Pressure Screening Programs in Low Resource Settings: A Guide From the World Hypertension League

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 418-420

  Mangat, Birinder K ^a   Campbell, Norm ^b   Mohan, Sailesh ^c   Niebylski, Mark L ^d   Khalsa, Tej K ^a   Berbari, Adel E ^e   Cloutier, Lyne ^f   Jean Charles, Roger ^g   Kenerson, John ^h   Lemogoum, Daniel ⁱ   Orias, Marcelo ^j   Veiga, Eugenia ^k   Zhang, Xin Hua ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d World Hypertension League   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^g President Haiti Hypertension Center State University of Haiti   (Haïti)

^h Colleagues in Care ^*  (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

^j UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l Beijing Hypertension League Institute   (China)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW RESOURCE SETTING; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84931560007     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12499     Document Type: Article

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