Linking community-based blood pressure measurement to clinical care: A randomized controlled trial of outreach and tracking by community health workers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 856-861

  Krieger, James ^a,b,c   Collier, Cheza ^a,b   Song, Lin ^a   Martin, Donald ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032978797     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.6.856     Document Type: Article

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