What lifestyle changes should we recommend for the patient with newly diagnosed hypertension?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 991-993

  McDonald, K Colleen ^a   Blackwell, Jean C ^b  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE;

EID: 33750970025     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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