Importance of perception for blood pressure control

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1928-

  Barrios, Vivencio ^b   Escobar, Carlos ^a   Bertomeu, Vicente ^b   Murga, Nekane ^b   De Pablo, Carmen ^b   Calderón, Alberto ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 52649123331     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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