Awareness of hypertension guidelines in primary care: Results of a regionwide survey in Italy

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 541-547

  Cuspidi, C ^a   Michev, I ^a   Mean, S ^a   Severgnini, B ^a   Sala, C ^a   Salerno, M ^a   Valerio, C ^a   Bertazzoli, G ^a   Leonetti, G ^b   Magrini, F ^a   Zanchetti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mail survey; Primary care; WHO ISH guidelines

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AWARENESS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0043092599     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001589     Document Type: Article

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