Treatment of 5413 hypertensive patients: A cross-sectional study

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 599-607

  Paulsen, M S ^a   Sondergaard, J ^a   Reuther, L ^b   Larsen, P S ^c   Munck, A P ^a   Larsen, P V ^a   Damsgaard, J ^a   Poulsen, L ^d   Hansen, D G ^a   Jacobsen, I A ^e   Larsen, M L ^e   Christensen, H R ^b   Christensen, B ^f   Andersen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c KvEAP   (Denmark)

^d Region of Southern Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive drug treatment; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 81855206525     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr027     Document Type: Article

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