Predictors of medication adherence for African American patients diagnosed with hypertension

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-400

  Braverman, Julia ^a   Dedier, Julien ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Hypertension; Medication adherence; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77949313824     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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