Thresholds for taking antihypertensive drugs in different professional and lay groups: Questionnaire survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7247, 2000, Pages 1446-1447

  Steel, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034720636     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7247.1446     Document Type: Article

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