Familial resemblance for resting blood pressure with particular reference to racial differences: Preliminary analyses from the HERITAGE family study

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-90

  Gu, Chi ^a   Borecki, Ingrid ^a   Gagnon, Jacques ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^b   Leon, Arthur S ^c   Skinner, James S ^d   Wilmore, Jack H ^e   Rao, D C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Blacks; Blood Pressure; Familial Correlations; Heritage Family Study; Population Heterogeneity; Whites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032005287     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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