Adherence to antihypertensive medications across the life span

Gerontologist

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 609-619

  Morrell, Roger W ^a   Park, Denise C ^d   Kidder, Daniel P ^b   Martin, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adherence; Aging; Hypertension; Self care

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0030782120     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/37.5.609     Document Type: Article

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