title: 1999 World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the management of hypertension. Guidelines sub-committee of the World Health Organization.
abstract: The present Guidelines were prepared by the Guidelines Sub-Committee of the World Health Organization-International Society of Hypertension (WHO-ISH) Mild Hypertension Liaison Committee, the members of which are listed at the end of the text. These guidelines represent the fourth revision of the WHO-ISH Guidelines and were finalised after presentation and discussion at the 7th WHO-ISH Meeting on Hypertension, Fukuoka, Japan, 29th Sept-1st Oct, 1998. Previous versions of the Guidelines were published in Bull WHO 1993, 71:503-517 and J Hypertens 1993, 11:905-918.
authors.affiliation: Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chalmers
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacMahon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mancia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whitworth
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beilin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hansson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ni Mhurchu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents