Self-reported physician adherence to guidelines for measuring blood pressure

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-217

  Dickson, Robert C ^a   Gaebel, Kathryn ^b   Zizzo, Angelo ^a   Neimanis, Ieva ^a   Bridge, Margaret ^a   Corsini, John ^a   Goebel, Cindy ^a   Levy, Richard ^a   Woods, Anne ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Family physicians; Hypertension; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875827246     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.02.120024     Document Type: Article

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