Determinants of patient′s adherence to hypertension medications in a rural population of Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, South India

Venkatachalam, J; Abrahm, SherinBilly; Singh, Zile; Stalin, P; R. Sathya, G.

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.149267

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Determinants of patient′s adherence to hypertension medications in a rural population of Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, South India

Published in Indian Journal of Community Medicine • Jan 1, 2015

Authors:

J Venkatachalam

SherinBilly Abrahm

Zile Singh

Abstract

CONTEXT: Non-communicable diseases, no longer a disease of the rich, impose a great threat in the developing nations due to demographic and epidemiological transition. This increasing burden of non-communicable diseases and their risk factors is worrisome. Adherence to hypertension (HT) medication i...

Subject

Medicine

Tamil

Population

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