Association of postprandial hypotension with incidence of falls, syncope, coronary events, stroke, and total mortality at 29-month follow-up in 499 older nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1051-1053

  Aronow, Wilbert S ^a,b   Ahn, Chul ^c  

^a HEBREW HOSPITAL HOME   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030751357     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05965.x     Document Type: Article

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