Ambulatory blood pressure and risk factors for coronary heart disease in black and Indian medical students

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 313-318

  Morar, Nilesh ^a   Seedat, Yackoob K ^a   Naidoo, Datshana P ^a   Desai, Dushyant K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Black and indian medical students; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032415195     PISSN: 13506277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043798-199810000-00005     Document Type: Article

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