Blood pressure and cancer in middle-aged British men

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-31

  Wannamethee, Goya ^a   Shaper, A G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality; Smoking; Systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030023883     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.1.22     Document Type: Article

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