Ten-year blood pressure trends in nonhypertensive inhabitants of La Plata, Argentina

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 917-922

  Carbajal, Horacio A ^a,b   Salazar, Martín R ^a   Riondet, Beatriz ^a   Quaini, Susana M ^a   Rechifort, Valentín E ^a   Rodrigo, Horacio F ^a   Grasso, Guillermo R ^a   Echeverría, Raúl F ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood pressure changes; High normal blood pressure; Normal but not optimal blood pressure; Optimal blood pressure; Relative risk of hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 0031856720     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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