Determinants of poor hypertension management in the community

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-217

  Maziak, W ^a   Keil, U ^a   Doring A ^b   Hense, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELDERLY CARE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIETY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0037352517     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001535     Document Type: Letter

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