Awareness of the Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (JSH 2000) and compliance to its recommendations: Surveys in 2000 and 2004

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-266

  Ikeda, N ^a   Hasegawa, T ^a,b   Saito, I ^c   Saruta, T ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Awareness; Compliance; Guideline; Hypertension; JSH 2000

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645054832     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001977     Document Type: Article

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