Labeling and hypertension: It is time to intervene on its negative consequences

Hypertension

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 344-345

  Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ATTITUDE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955982082     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.156257     Document Type: Note

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