Hypertension in older urban Native-American primary care patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 774-781

  Rhoades, Dorothy A ^a,c   Buchwald, Dedra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Alaskan Natives; Hypertension; Indians; North American; Quality of care; Urban

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETINA EXAMINATION; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037977804     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51261.x     Document Type: Article

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