Oksanen, T;
Kawachi, I;
Kouvonen, A;
Suzuki, E;
Takao, S;
Sjösten, N;
Virtanen, M;
... Kivimäki, M; + view all
(2011)
Workplace social capital and adherence to antihypertensive medication: a cohort study.
PLoS One
, 6
(9)
, Article e24732. 10.1371/journal.pone.0024732.
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Abstract
While hypertension is a common and treatable health problem, adherence to antihypertensive medication remains a challenge. This study examines the hypothesis that workplace social capital may influence adherence to antihypertensive medication among hypertensive employees.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Workplace social capital and adherence to antihypertensive medication: a cohort study. |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0024732 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024732 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2011 Oksanen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. PMCID: PMC3170374 |
| Keywords: | Antihypertensive Agents, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Male, Medication Adherence, Middle Aged, Social Support, Workplace |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1332089 |
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