Racial disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness, and management

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2098-2104

  Hertz, Robin P ^a   Unger, Alan N ^b   Cornell, Jeffrey A ^b   Saunders, Elijah ^c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444590999     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.18.2098     Document Type: Article

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