Blood Pressure reactions to the cold pressor test and the prediction of future Blood Pressure status: Data from the Caerphilly study

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 777-780

  Carroll, D ^a   Davey Smith, G ^b   Sheffield, D ^c   Willemsen, G ^a   Sweetnam, P M ^d   Gallacher, J E J ^d   Elwood, P C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cold pressor test; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030437956     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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