Prehypertension and hypertension in a primary care practice

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1418-1423

  Godwin, Marshall ^a,b   Pike, Andrea ^a   Kirby, Allison ^a   Jewer, Carolyn ^a   Murphy, Laura ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 56049101662     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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