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Adherence treatment factors in hypertensive African American women

Author(s) -

Marie N. Fongwa

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

vascular health and risk management

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892

H-Index - 68

eISSN - 1178-2048

pISSN - 1176-6344

DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.2008.04.01.157

Subject(s) - medicine , african american , hypertension treatment , blood pressure , depression (economics) , population , physical therapy , environmental health , ethnology , macroeconomics , economics , history

Hypertension among African American women is of epidemic proportions. Nonadherence to treatment contributes to uncontrolled blood pressure in this population. Factors associated with adherence to treatment in African American women are unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with adherence to hypertension treatment in African American women.

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