Body weight and blood pressure effects of weight reduction on hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 9, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages

  Jones, Daniel W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure reduction; Body weight; Hypertension; Weight reduction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029760359     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-7061(96)00183-5     Document Type: Article

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