Trends in the use of blood pressure lowering medications in Auckland, and associated costs, 1982-94

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1026, 1996, Pages 270-272

  Trye, Peter ^a   Jackson, Rodney ^a   Yee, Roy Lay ^a   Beaglehole, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCRIPTION FEES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030005281     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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