Blood pressure in relation to medical, psychological and social variables in a population of 80-year-olds. Survival during 6 years

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Jensen, E ^a   Dehlin, O ^a   Hagberg, B ^b   Samuelsson, G ^b   Svensson, T ^b   Lidfeldt, J ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blood pressure; elderly; psychology; quality of life; sociology; symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030887768     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1997.101113000.x     Document Type: Article

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