Prescribing practices in the management of hypertension in the Caribbean's

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 795-797

  Inamo, J ^a,b   Bolo, M ^a   Platon, C ^a   Atallah, A ^a   de Gaudemaris, R ^c   Chatellier, G ^d   Lang, T ^b  

^a Department of Cardiologie ^*  (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Service Santé Au Travail   (France)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MONOTHERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARIBBEAN REGION; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 33748951393     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002071     Document Type: Article

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