How well is hypertension managed in the community? A population-based survey in a Brazilian city O manejo da hipertensão arterial sistêmica na comunidade:estudo de base populacional em uma cidade brasileira

How well is hypertension managed in the community? A population-based survey in a Brazilian city O manejo da hipertensão arterial sistêmica na comunidade:estudo de base populacional em uma cidade brasileira

There is usually little information available on how well hypertensive individuals are managed at the community level. This survey measured the frequency of hypertension in a medium-sized Brazilian city by studying a cluster sample of 1657 adults aged 20-69 years. The 328 hypertensives (19.8%) answe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roberto X. Piccini, Cesar G. Victora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 1997-10-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Hipertensão
Pressão Arterial
Epidemiologia
Fatores de Risco
Hypertension
Blood Pressure
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1997000400003

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