论文信息 - Letter by Wexler and Feldman regarding article, "Ethnic and gender differences in ambulatory blood pressure trajectories: results from a 15-year longitudinal study in youth and adults".

Letter by Wexler and Feldman regarding article, "Ethnic and gender differences in ambulatory blood pressure trajectories: results from a 15-year longitudinal study in youth and adults".

To the Editor: The research presented by Wang et al1 is an important contribution toward understanding and reducing disparities in health care in general and hypertension in particular. Although we agree with their conclusion that “further work will be needed to determine specific risk factors, both genetic and environmental,” we hope we will not forget that the explanation of …

R. Wexler | D. Feldman

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[3] Patrick C. Meirick. Rethinking the Target Corollary , 2005, Commun. Res..

[4] C. Mancuso,et al. Expectations of blood pressure management in hypertensive African-American patients: a qualitative study. , 2004, Journal of the National Medical Association.

[5] Petra Lukoschek. African Americans' Beliefs and Attitudes Regarding Hypertension and Its Treatment: A Qualitative Study , 2003, Journal of health care for the poor and underserved.

[6] A. Freeman,et al. Lay beliefs about high blood pressure in a low- to middle-income urban African-American community: an opportunity for improving hypertension control. , 2002, The American journal of medicine.