Gender Differences in Chinese Immigrants: Predictors for Antihypertensive Medication Adherence

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-338

  li, Wen Wen ^a   Froelicher, Erika S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese immigrants; gender differences; hypertension; medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG MONITORING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 34848815643     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659607305194     Document Type: Article

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