Mean red cell volume as a correlate of blood pressure

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1677-1684

  Sharp, Dan S ^a   Curb, J David ^b,c   Schatz, Irwin J ^c   Meiselman, Herbert J ^d   Fisher, Timothy C ^d   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^a   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^b,c   Yano, Katsuhiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; blood viscosity; erythrocytes; vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029879876     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.9.1677     Document Type: Article

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