FDR and hypertension: If we'd only known then what we know now

Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-32

  Gifford Jr , Ray W ^a,b,c  

^a Geriatrics Editorial Board ^*  (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT; HEXAMETHONIUM; HYDRALAZINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FAMOUS PERSONS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PORTRAITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030057537     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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