Chinese Herbal Therapy and Western Drug Use, Belief and Adherence for Hypertension Management in the Rural Areas of Heilongjiang Province, China

Xia Li; Mingkai Peng; Yuan Li; Zheng Kang; Yanhua Hao; Hong Sun; Lijun Gao; Mingli Jiao; Qunhong Wu; Hude Quan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123508

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Chinese Herbal Therapy and Western Drug Use, Belief and Adherence for Hypertension Management in the Rural Areas of Heilongjiang Province, China

Xia Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xia Li, Mingkai Peng, Zheng Kang, Mingli Jiao

Affiliations Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Mingkai Peng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xia Li, Mingkai Peng, Zheng Kang, Mingli Jiao

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Yuan Li,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Zheng Kang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xia Li, Mingkai Peng, Zheng Kang, Mingli Jiao

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Yanhua Hao,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Hong Sun,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Lijun Gao,

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Mingli Jiao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xia Li, Mingkai Peng, Zheng Kang, Mingli Jiao

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Qunhong Wu ,

* E-mail: wuqunhong@163.com

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Hude Quan

Affiliations Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Chinese Herbal Therapy and Western Drug Use, Belief and Adherence for Hypertension Management in the Rural Areas of Heilongjiang Province, China

Xia Li,
Mingkai Peng,
Yuan Li,
Zheng Kang,
Yanhua Hao,
Hong Sun,
Lijun Gao,
Mingli Jiao,
Qunhong Wu,
Hude Quan

Published: April 29, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123508

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