Regional disparities in the incidence of elevated blood pressure among young adults: The CARDIA study

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1082-1088

  Kiefe, Catarina I ^a,b,d   Williams, O Dale ^a   Bild, Diane E ^c   Lewis, Cora E ^a   Hilner, Joan E ^a   Oberman, Albert ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030858688     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.4.1082     Document Type: Article

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