Asymptomatic hypertension in the emergency department: A matter of critical public health importance

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1251-1257

  Levy, Phillip D ^a   Cline, David ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic hypertension; Effective screening; Haddon's matrix; Public health

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 73249138321     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00512.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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