Auditing the management of hypertension in British general practice: A critical literature review

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 432, 1998, Pages 1424-1428

  Cranney, Mike ^a   Barton, Stuart ^b   Walley, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antihypertension; Hypertension; Multipractice audit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JUVENILE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL AUDIT;

EID: 0031858620     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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