Determinants of racial/ethnic differences in blood pressure management among hypertensive patients

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hicks, LeRoi S ^a,b   Shaykevich, Shimon ^a   Bates, David W ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844436540     PISSN: 14712261     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-5-16     Document Type: Article

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