The poor control of hypertension in China

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 48, 2010, Pages 8241-8242

  Li, Jiayi ^a   Wang, Haichang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Awareness; China; Control; Hypertension; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 78649857772     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1158     Document Type: Article

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