Hypertension in Haiti: The Challenge of Best Possible Practice

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-114

  Kenerson, John G ^a  

^a Colleagues in Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EARTHQUAKES; HAITI; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SODIUM, DIETARY; STROKE;

EID: 84893875145     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12242     Document Type: Article

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