Medication compliance among Tanzanian hypertensives

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 539-542

  Maro, E E ^a   Lwakatare, J ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TANZANIA; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031216125     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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