The National High Blood Pressure Education Program: Longtime partners with new strategies

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 297-299

  Nickey, William A ^a   Lenfant, Claude ^b   Chobanian, Aram V ^b   Roccella, Edward J ^b  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038715628     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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