Controlled trial of biofeedback-aided behavioural methods in reducing mild hypertension

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 282, Issue 6281, 1981, Pages 2005-2008

  Patel, Chandra ^a   Marmot, M G ^a   Terry, D J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPERTENSION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CHOLESTEROL; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; RENIN; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0019421950     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.282.6281.2005     Document Type: Article

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