Drug compliance among hypertensive patients in Kassala, Eastern Sudan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 100-105

  Elzubier, A G ^a   Husain, A A ^b   Suleiman, I A ^c   Hamid, Z A ^c  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^c Kassala Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUDAN;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COSTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033761085     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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