Living with high blood pressure

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 567-574

  Van Wissen, Kim ^a   Litchfield, Merian ^b   Maling, Tim ^c  

^a Intl Ocean Inst Reg Ctr A   (New Zealand)

^b Ctr Initiative Nursing Hlth Care   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive medication; Experience; Health; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 0032014351     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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