Knowledge, attitudes and practices on hypertension in patients attending family practice clinics

HealthMED

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1404-1414

  Yasein, Nada A ^a   Shakhatreh, Farouq M ^a   Suleiman, Ahmad A ^a   Barghouti, Farihan F ^a   Halaseh, Lana J ^a   Abdulbaqi, Noor K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Family medicine; Hypertension; Jordan; Knowledge; Practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855386236     PISSN: 18402291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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