National heart, lung, and blood institute-initiated program "interventions to improve hypertension control rates in African Americans": background and implementation.

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Published in Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes on May 01, 2009

Authors

Paula T Einhorn1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA. einhornp@mail.nih.gov

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