Blood pressure risk factors in healthy postmenopausal women: Physical activity and hormone replacement

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 652-660

  Stevenson, Edith T ^a   Davy, Kevin P ^a   Jones, Pamela P ^a   Desouza, Christopher A ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; body fat distribution; exercise; hormone replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXERCISE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030614927     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.2.652     Document Type: Article

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