Hypertension control rates: Time for translation of guidelines into clinical practice

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-64

  Hart, Peter D ^a   Bakris, George L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ATTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 2942748366     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.04.003     Document Type: Editorial

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