Hypertension and quality of life: The disease, the treatment or a combination of both

Psychology and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 685-695

  Amir, Marianne ^a   Bar On, Dan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age; Hypertensives; Normotensives; Previous treatment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030499605     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449608404997     Document Type: Article

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