Changes in blood pressure and serum cholesterol following exercise training in Nigerian hypertensive subjects

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 483-487

  Lyawe, V I ^a,b,c   Ighoroje, A D A ^b   Iyawe, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cholesterol; Exercise

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0029792290     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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