Follow-up study of the use of antihypertensive drug treatment and of the population treated

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 8 I, 1998, Pages 929-934

  Boumendil, Evelyn F ^a,b   Mugnier, C ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Antihypertensives; Health disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PREFERENCE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031817842     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00097-1     Document Type: Article

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