Hypertension awareness and associated factors among older Chinese adults

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Ahn, Sang Nam ^a,b   Smith, Matthew Lee ^b,c   Cho, Jinmyoung ^d   Bailey, James E ^e   Ory, Marcia G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Awareness; Chinese; Elderly care; Hypertension; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992919557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2013.00067     Document Type: Article

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