Factors associated with appointment non-adherence among African-Americans with severe, poorly controlled hypertension

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Nwabuo, Chike C ^a   Dy, Sydney Morss ^a,b   Weeks, Kristina ^a   Young, J Hunter ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 84905980564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103090     Document Type: Article

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