A prospective study of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 646-654

  Flebach, Nicholas H ^a   Hebert, Patricia R ^b   Stampfer, Melr J ^b,c   Colditz, Graham A ^b   Willett, Walter C ^b   Rosner, Bernard ^b,d   Spelzer, Frank E ^b   Hennekens, Charles H ^b,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary disease; Hypertension; Myocardial infarction; Obesity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024439896     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115386     Document Type: Article

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