Arterial hypertension in correlation with age and body mass index in some occupational groups in the harbour of Rijeka, Croatia

Industrial Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 312-317

  Skrobonja, Ante ^a   Kontosic, Ivica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Age; Arterial hypertension; Body mass index; Occupational medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031771123     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.36.312     Document Type: Article

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