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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The choice of home blood pressure result reporting method is essential: Results mailed to physicians did not improve hypertension control compared with ordinary office-based blood pressure treatment

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Pages 319-324 | Received 07 Dec 2009, Accepted 16 Feb 2010, Published online: 06 Apr 2010

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