Barriers to optimal hypertension control

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 644-646

  Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 52649156084     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2008.08329.x     Document Type: Review

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