nhancement of compliance among patients with hypertension

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1693-1698

  Patton, Krista ^a   Meyers, John ^b   Lewis, Barbara Edelman ^a  

^a Fallon Clinic   (United States)

^b Fallon Clinic ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031267929     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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