A 41-year-old african american man with poorly controlled hypertension: Review of patient and physician factors related to hypertension treatment adherence

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1260-1272

  Cooper, Lisa A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LISINOPRIL; NIFEDIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIET; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DIET; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 63349110552     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.358     Document Type: Review

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