Distribution of blood pressure and prevalence of hypertension in Tehran adult population: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS), 1999-2000

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 305-312

  Azizi, F ^a   Ghanbarian, A ^a   Madjid, M ^a   Rahmani, M ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cross sectional studies; Prevalence; Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULSE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85047699970     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001399     Document Type: Article

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