Determinants of Isolated Systolic Hypertension

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 23, 1988, Pages 3451-3455

  Van Wilking, Spencer B ^a   Belanger, A ^a   Kannel, William B ^a   D’agostino, Ralph B ^a   Steel, Knight ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0024215810     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410230069030     Document Type: Article

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