Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 17-23 , January 2011

Barriers to Screening and Intervention for ED Patients at Risk For Undiagnosed or Uncontrolled Hypertension

Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Received 29 July 2009 ,Revised 17 November 2009 ,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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PII: S0099-1767(09)00543-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.11.017

Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 17-23 , January 2011

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