Managing hypertension in general practice: A cross-sectional study of treatment and ethnicity

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 603, 2012, Pages

  Schofield, Peter ^a   Baawuah, Frances ^b   Seed, Paul T ^a   Ashworth, Mark ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Paxton Green Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Guidelines; Hypertension; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CITY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867418456     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X656847     Document Type: Article

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