Pilot study evaluating the effects of an intervention to enhance culturally appropriate hypertension education among healthcare providers in a primary care setting

Implementation Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Beune, Erik J A J ^a   Bindels, Patrick J E ^b   Mohrs, Jacob ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a   Haafkens, Joke A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77954075561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-35     Document Type: Article

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