Ascribing meaning to hypertension: A qualitative study among African Americans with uncontrolled hypertension

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-34

  Boutin Foster, Carla ^a,d   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^b   Ravenell, Joseph E ^a   Robbins, Laura ^c   Charlson, Mary E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Hypertension; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33846923397     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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