Antihypertensive prescribing patterns for adolescents with primary hypertension

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yoon, Esther Y ^a   Cohn, Lisa ^a   Rocchini, Albert ^a   Kershaw, David ^b   Freed, Gary ^a   Ascione, Frank ^b   Clark, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Antihypertensive prescribing; Hypertension; Primary care; Specialty differences

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONOTHERAPY; NEGRO; OBESITY; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84855288569     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0877     Document Type: Article

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