Factors associated with treatment compliance in hypertension in southwest Nigeria

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 619-628

  Osamor, Pauline E ^a   Owumi, Bernard E ^b  

^a BOWEN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cardiovascular diseases; Community based studies; Compliance; Cross sectional studies; Hypertension; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84857475669     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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