Impact of guidelines for antihypertensive treatment on clinical practice

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 415-423

  Chalmers, John ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

analysis of practice data; control of hypertension in the population; evaluating the impact; Guidelines and Consensus Statements; physician's perception of guidelines; self report questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0029942442     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641969609088973     Document Type: Conference Paper

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