Blood pressure awareness and self-monitoring practices among primary care elderly patients

Canadian Pharmacists Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 34-41

  Lau, Elaine ^a   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^a   Karwalajtys, Tina ^b   Dolovich, Lisa ^b   Levine, Mitchell ^a   Chambers, Larry ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF MONITORING;

EID: 33846907137     PISSN: 17151635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/171516350613900607     Document Type: Article

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