Twenty-one-year survival of primary hypertensive patients allocated to care in general practice or in specialized hypertension clinic. An observational study of 831 hypertensive patients

Blood Pressure

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 88-95

  Strate, Michael ^a,c   Væth, Michael ^b   Harvald, Bent ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Sygehus Fyn   (Denmark)

Author keywords

general practice; managing care; mortality; primary hypertension; survival; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEATH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030999107     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037059709061805     Document Type: Article

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