Hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: What physicians can do

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 581-582

  Alderman, Michael H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AFRICA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 66249111832     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.66     Document Type: Editorial

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