Pulse pressure and cardiovascular mortality in normotensive and hypertensive subjects

Hypertension

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 560-564

  Benetos, Athanase ^a,b   Rudnichi, Annie ^a   Safar, Michel ^b   Guize, Louis ^a  

^a Investigations Preventives Cliniques   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031683011     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.32.3.560     Document Type: Article

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