Epidemiology of hypertension in African American women

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 385-395

  Gillum, Richard F ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 0030063353     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90371-3     Document Type: Article

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