The incidence of active duty dental patients taking antihypertensive medications

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 740-745

  Hennessy, Bernard J ^a   Kerns, David G ^a   Davies, William G ^a  

^a US Army Dental Activity Fort Gordon   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; CLONIDINE; DILTIAZEM; FELODIPINE; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; NIFEDIPINE; PROPRANOLOL; TERAZOSIN; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; SOLDIER;

EID: 0032867669     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.10.740     Document Type: Article

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