Hypertension management in general practice

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-15

  Whitfield, Michael ^a   Hughes, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0031058456     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689709000105     Document Type: Article

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