Secular trends in blood pressure levels in Denmark 1964-1991

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 614-622

  Sjøl, Anette ^a,b,c   Thomsen, Kristian Korsgård ^a   Schroll, Marianne ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031710267     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.4.614     Document Type: Article

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