Is information the answer for hypertension control?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-260

  Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 39549100123     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.71     Document Type: Editorial

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