Pragmatic randomized trial of home visits by a nurse to elderly people with hypertension in Mexico

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1485-1491

  Garcia Peña, Carmen ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^b   Armstrong, Ben ^b   Reyes Frausto, Sandra ^a,c   Muñoz, Onofre ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hypertension; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; RESIDENT; SODIUM EXCRETION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

MEXICO; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 0035713647     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.6.1485     Document Type: Article

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