A hypertension control program tailored to unskilled and minority workers

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-199

  Fouad, Mona N ^a,b   Kiefe, Catarina I ^a   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^b   Burst, Nickie M ^b   Ulene, Valerie ^a   Harvey, Mary R ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Uptown Woman   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blood Pressure Control; Health Promotion; Wellness Programs; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALABAMA; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031218506     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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