The great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake aggravates blood pressure control in treated hypertensive patients

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-221

  Saito, Komei ^a,b   Kim, Jong Il ^a   Maekawa, Kouichi ^a   Ikeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Yokohama, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Hyogo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

blockers; earthquake; essential hypertension; stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031081816     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(96)00351-2     Document Type: Article

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