Trends and determinants of blood pressure in Auckland, New Zealand 1982-94

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1022, 1996, Pages 179-181

  Trye, Peter ^a   Jackson, Rodney ^a   Stewart, Alistair ^a   Yee, Roy Lay ^a   Beaglehole, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030599953     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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