Trial of atenolol and chlorthalidone for hypertension in black South Africans

British Medical Journal

Volumn 281, Issue 6250, 1980, Pages 1241-1243

  Seedat, Y K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHLORTALIDONE; DRUG RECEPTOR; PLACEBO;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG THERAPY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HEMODYNAMICS; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RACE; THERAPY;

ATENOLOL; CHLORTHALIDONE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEGROID RACE; PROPANOLAMINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0019157264     PISSN: 00071447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.281.6250.1241     Document Type: Article

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