Body weight, weight change, and risk for hypertension in women

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-88

  Huang, Zhiping ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a   Rosner, Bernard ^a,c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,c   Speizer, Frank E ^a,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031982884     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-2-199801150-00001     Document Type: Article

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