Compliance and blood pressure control in women with hypertension

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 236-240

  Bobb Liverpool, B ^a   Duff, E M W ^a   Bailey, E Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BRISERIN; CHLORPROPAMIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GARLIC EXTRACT; HYDRALAZINE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; METHYLDOPA; PROPRANOLOL; RESERPINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 0036983118     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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