Addressing Disparities in Health Care
Overcoming barriers to hypertension control in African Americans
Taiye Odedosu, MD, Antoinette Schoenthaler, EdD, Dorice L. Vieira, MLS, MPH, MA, Charles Agyemang, PhD and Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2012, 79 (1) 46-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11068
Taiye Odedosu
Bellevue Adult Primary Care Practice, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY
Antoinette Schoenthaler
Center for Healthful Behavior Change, Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Dorice L. Vieira
NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University Health Sciences Library, New York, NY
Charles Agyemang
Amsterdam Medical Center, Department of Social Medicine, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gbenga Ogedegbe
Center for Healthful Behavior Change, Division of General Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY

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Overcoming barriers to hypertension control in African Americans
Taiye Odedosu, Antoinette Schoenthaler, Dorice L. Vieira, Charles Agyemang, Gbenga Ogedegbe
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Jan 2012, 79 (1) 46-56; DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.79a.11068
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