Associations between home remedy use and a validated self-reported adherence measure in an urban African-American population with poorly controlled hypertension

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Tilburt, Jon C ^a,b,c   Dy, Sydney Morss ^b,c   Weeks, Kristina ^b   Klag, Michael ^d   Young, J Hunter ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Health Policy and Management ^*  (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Complementary and alternative medicines; Health behavior; Hypertension; Minority health; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE; VINEGAR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COVARIANCE; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; EMPLOYMENT; GARLIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 38949111766     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31181-0     Document Type: Article

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