Primary care survey of awareness and control of hypertension: A hospital-based study

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-300

  Feldstein, Carlos A ^a   Garrido, Delia ^b   Chavin, Juan M ^b   Liendo, Ximena Manglano ^a   De Los Santos, Antonio R ^c  

^a Hypertension Program   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Awareness and control of hypertension; Primary care

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARGENTINA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952493942     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181bdc3f6     Document Type: Article

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