Health Education for Hypertensive Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 16, 1979, Pages 1700-1703

  Levine, David M ^a   Green, Lawrence W ^a   Deeds, Sigrid G ^a   Chwalow, Judith ^a   Russell, R Patterson ^a   Finlay, Jack ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THERAPY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 84944654554     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1979.03290420026019     Document Type: Article

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