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Blood pressure profiles, and awareness and treatment of hypertension in Europe ...
Tolonen, H.; Giampaoli, S.; Kuulasmaa, K.; Mindell, J.S.; Männistö, S.; Dias, Carlos Matias; Koponen, P.Highlights: We examine hypertension, and awareness and treatment of hypertension in Europe; Large proportion of people are unaware and untreated for their hypertension; Wide differences in hypertension, awareness and treatment exist in Europe.
An overview of the European health examination survey pilot joint action
Kuulasmaa, K.; Tolonen, H.; Koponen, P.; Kilpeläinen, K.; Avdicová, M.; Broda, G.; Calleja, N.; Dias, Carlos Matias; Gösswald, A.; Kubinova, R.Background Health Examination Surveys (HESs) can provide essential information on the health and health determinants of a population, which is not available from other data sources. Nevertheless, only some European countries have systems of national HESs. A study conducted in 2006-2008 concluded that it is feasible to organize national HESs using standardized measurement procedures in nearly all EU countries. T...