Awareness and pharmacotherapy of hypertension in a rural community

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 261-265

  White, Fiona ^a   Wang, Lexin ^a   Jelinek, Herbert ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Hypertension; Pharmacotherapy; Rural community

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 67650240619     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000215721     Document Type: Article

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