American Society of Hypertension regional chapters: Leveraging the impact of the Clinical Hypertension Specialist in the local community

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 4 I, 2002, Pages 372-379

  Egan, Brent M ^a   Lackland, Daniel T ^a   Basile, Jan N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based guidelines; High blood pressure; Hypertension; Hypertension specialists

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036111742     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)02323-8     Document Type: Review

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