PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN WORKERS OF VEGETABLE OIL REFINERIES IN TEHRAN

968 male workers employed in five vegetable oil refineries were studied to discover the effects of age, length of employment and smoking habit on the prevalence of hypertension. The results obtained indicate that the overall prevalence of hypertension is 6.61% showing a direct relationship to the ag...

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Main Author: Dariush Parvizpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 1978-07-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/1732.pdf&manuscript_id=1732