Hypertension in ethnic populations: Tailoring treatments

Clinical Cornerstone

Volumn 6, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 39-48

  Kountz, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14644400505     PISSN: 10983597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3597(04)80063-2     Document Type: Article

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