Alcohol consumption and changes in blood pressure among African Americans: The Pitt County Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 727-733

  Curtis, Amy B ^a   James, Sherman A ^a   Strogatz, David S ^b   Raghunathan, T E ^a   Harlow, Siobán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Blacks; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030783818     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009348     Document Type: Article

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