Open AccessPrevalence of hypertension, its correlates and awareness among adult tribal population of Kerala state, India
Author(s) -
Indrapal I. Meshram,
Nimmathota Arlappa,
N Balkrishna,
K. Mahesh Prasad Rao,
Avula Laxmaiah,
G. N. V. Brahmam
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.105444
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , demography , body mass index , waist , population , abdominal obesity , anthropometry , cross sectional study , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Increasing prevalence of hypertension is a public health problem in India.