Does the use of home blood pressure monitoring vary by race, education, and income?

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-6

  Poon, Ivy O ^a   Etti, Nicole ^a   Lal, Lincy S ^b  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Hypertension; Income; Monitor; Race

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUSTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF MONITORING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE;

EID: 77951631795     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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