Barriers to care and control of high blood pressure in Korean-American elderly

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Jeong, Hee Kang ^a   Han, Hae Ra ^a   Kim, Kim B ^b   Kim, Miyong T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korean Resource Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; High blood pressure; Korean American elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; KOREA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; KOREA; MALE;

EID: 33745002030     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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