Applicability to primary care of national clinical guidelines on blood pressure lowering for people with stroke: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7542, 2006, Pages 635-637

  Mant, Jonathan ^a   McManus, Richard J ^a   Hare, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33645237569     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38758.600116.AE     Document Type: Article

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