Changes in human blood pressure with season, age and solar cycles: A 26-year record

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 176-181

  Portela, Ana ^a,b   Northrup, Gordon ^a   Halberg, Franz ^a   Cornélissen, Germaine ^a   Wendt, Hans ^a   Melby, James C ^c   Haus, Erhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Blood pressure; Circadian; Circannual; Cosinor

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONOBIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0030278335     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01221388     Document Type: Article

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