Selective adherence to antihypertensive medications as a patient-driven means to preserving sexual potency

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 201-206

  Voils, Corrine I ^a,b   Sandelowski, Margarete ^c   Dahm, Philipp ^d,e   Blouin, Rachel ^a   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a,b   Oddone, Eugene Z ^a,b   Steinhauser, Karen E ^a,b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Antihypertensive medication; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Sexual side effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751643215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S3796     Document Type: Article

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