Hypertension in an inner-city minority population

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 41-49

  Lynn Wieck, K ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031183913     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005082-199707000-00005     Document Type: Article

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