Variation of ambulatory blood pressure in healthy middle-aged men

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 227-231

  Loimaala, A ^a   Turjanmaa, V ^b   Vuori, I ^a   Oja, P ^a   Pasanen, M ^a   Uusitalo, A ^b  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Healthy men; Non dippers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SLEEP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0030912113     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000414     Document Type: Article

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