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

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Published in PLoS One on August 14, 2014

Authors

Chike C Nwabuo1, Sydney Morss Dy2, Kristina Weeks3, J Hunter Young4

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
2: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America; Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, MD, United States of America.
3: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
4: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.

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