Compliance to antihypertensive therapy

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-26

  Almas, Aysha ^a   Hameed, Aamir ^a   Ahmed, Bilal ^b   Islam, Muhammad ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive therapy; Compliance; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746552930     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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