Obesity and hypertension. Demonstration of a "floor effect"

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 177-181

  Cohen, Neill ^a   Flamenbaum, Walter ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OBESITY;

EID: 0022575624     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90006-9     Document Type: Article

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