Prevalence Of Hypertension Amongst Workers of a Fertilizer Company in Surat District

Authors

  • Vidita Divan SMIMER, Surat
  • Vineeta Chauhan SMIMER, Surat
  • Shaishav Panchal SMIMER, Surat
  • RK Bansal SMIMER, Surat

Keywords:

Fertilizer Company, Risk factors

Abstract

This cross sectional study explores the prevalence of hypertension, whether diagnosed or undiagnosed, amongst 104 employees of a fertilizer company in Surat district along with its association between different variables such as age, education, tobacco use, alcohol use by chi-square test and fisher exact test.

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2010-12-31

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Divan V, Chauhan V, Panchal S, Bansal R. Prevalence Of Hypertension Amongst Workers of a Fertilizer Company in Surat District. Natl J Community Med [Internet]. 2010 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Apr. 24];1(02):153-5. Available from: https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/2015

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Vol. 1 No. 02 (2010)

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